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Example of how one’s language influences one’s thinking: Calculating with different bases in math

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:25. August 2011
  • Post category:Language
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Read this exchange. Calculating in non-base 10 is so very hard, even for bright individuals. However, it has not always been like this. I think that I will rite a…

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Transhumanism, why people dislike it and why they are wrong

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:24. June 2011
  • Post category:Philosophy
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Philosophical Anthropology exam. 10 pages. paper

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Re: Philosophy: A Diseased Discipline

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:7. June 2011
  • Post category:Metaphilosophy
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Link. An interesting read about meta-philosophy and what kind of philosophy is not worth reading.

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Sexual terms for persons, clarification for those who need and a proposal for even better terms

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:19. May 2011
  • Post category:Philosophy
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Sexual terms for persons, clarification for those who need and a proposal for even better terms

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A conversation about good philosophy and the lack of it

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:12. May 2011
  • Post category:Metaphilosophy
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What is good philosophy, and how to tell An example "I remember someone criticizing something I posted as being too simple and homely (its virtues being that it was clear…

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Phil. of science paper – ‘the’ problem of induction

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:5. May 2011
  • Post category:Epistemology/Science
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For phil. of science class. Philosophy of science - assignment 2

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Pyrrho the younger on mythologies as a guide to action

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:22. April 2011
  • Post category:Religion
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aupmanyav "Mythology is a very rational foundation for values of life. It gives many situations and how people acted in those situations, and what was the effect of these actions.…

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Swartz on fuzzy concepts

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:22. April 2011
  • Post category:Language
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"Trying to define “classical music” in a short phrase (or a few sentences) is a forlorn task. The very attempt is the product of an outmoded and insupportable theory of…

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Charles S. Peirce – How to Make Our Ideas Clear

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:20. March 2011
  • Post category:Philosophy
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Zeteric told me to read this. Here is a nice pdf for others to enjoy. Charles S. Peirce - How to Make Our Ideas Clear

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Lesswrong: “The Neglected Virtue of Scholarship”

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:5. March 2011
  • Post category:Critical thinking / meta-thinking
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Another good advice.

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