ma𝕏pool<p>Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults?<br><a href="https://asteriskmag.com/issues/11/why-are-there-so-many-rationalist-cults#taking-ideas-seriously" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asteriskmag.com/issues/11/why-</span><span class="invisible">are-there-so-many-rationalist-cults#taking-ideas-seriously</span></a></p><p>"One way that thinking for yourself goes wrong is that you realize your society is wrong about something, don’t realize that you can’t outperform it, and wind up even wronger. But another potential failure is that, knowing both that your society is wrong and that you can’t do better, you start looking for someone even more right. Paradoxically, the desire to ignore the experts can make rationalists more vulnerable to a charismatic leader."</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/rationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rationalism</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a></p>
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lol of course the rationalist reporter kelsey piper supports james damore. rationalists have never met a sexist/racist/etc computer toucher they didn't like. #rationalism #lesswrong #effectivealtruism
The rationalism and dualism of Descartes… – philosophy indefinitely…
Descartes is usually considered a starting point of modern philosophy, he was a mathematician, scientist and philosopher, with a Jesuit education and training as an army engineer. He was one of the philosophers who attacked scholasticism in light of the new Copernican/Galilean science... philosophy indefinitely #rationalism #dualism #renedescartes #philosophy #historyofphilosophy #science #descartes…
for much deliberation · The rationalism and dualism of Descartes… – philosophy indefinitely…Descartes is usually considered a starting point of modern philosophy, he was a mathematician, scientist and philosopher, with a Jesuit education and training as an army engineer. He was one of the…
Fight me! Kant was just a regular rationalist in the vein of Leibniz. His work is way overrated, and furthermore, it's wrong. #Kant #rationalism #philosophy
The crux of the rationalist/empiricist debate lies in how we explain our possession of ideas that seemingly could not come from experience, such as the ideas of infinity or perfection... #historyofphilosophy #intellectualtraditions #johnlocke #empiricism #georgeberkeley #Idealism #rationalism #metaphysics #epistemology #philosophy #dualism #experience https://philosophyindefinitely.wordpress.com/2020/08/21/lockes-empiricism-berkeleys-idealism/
philosophy indefinitely · Locke’s empiricism, Berkeley’s idealism…Locke’s empiricism, Berkeley’s idealism John Locke’s ‘An Essay Concerning Human Understanding’ (1690) was written whilst in exile in Holland in connection with political matters, he operated from a…
New in our electronic #collection:
The Building Blocks of Thought. A Rationalist Account of the Origins of Concepts
https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/92579/1/9780192898838.pdf
Here's the last core concept video in a series of 5 on Karl Popper's "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition". This one looks at the distinction he draws between traditions and institutions and how individuals figure into them
https://youtu.be/2Vagxh7cClo
#Video #Popper #Tradition #Philosophy #Rationalism #Institutions #Science
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Zu diesem und ähnlichen... hm... Strömungen(?) kam kürzlich was bei #Breitband im #DLFKultur:
Stichworte:
#TESCREAL nach #TimnitGebru und #ÈmilPTorres
#Transhumanismus
#Transhumanism
#Singularitarianismus
#Singularitarianism
#russischerCosmismus
#russianCosmism
#effektiverAltruismus
#effectiveAltruism
Letztlich mündend in oder zumindest die Gefahr bergend von Klassismus, Eugenik, Sozialdarwinismus.
Superspannendes feature, aber superbeängstigender shice.
Here's the first core concept video in the series I'm producing on Karl Popper's essay "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition", this one looking at his distinction between different attitudes one can adopt towards tradition(s)
https://youtu.be/SgSr1vYrhkY
#Video #Popper #Tradition #Philosophy #Rationalism
There has been an intersection of modern empiricism and rationalism of the enlightenment in the synthesis affected by Immanuel Kant, out of this grew a distinction between two methodologies that have persisted in philosophy... read more at philosophy indefinitely #historyofphilosophy #empiricism #rationalism #epistemology #FrancisBacon #johnlocke #ImmanuelKant #ReneDescartes #DavidHume #Leibniz #johnstuartmill #spinoza #BertrandRussell #Compatibilism #philosophyofscience https://philosophyindefinitely.wordpress.com/2020/07/11/19th-century-empiricism/
philosophy indefinitely · 19th Century Empiricism…Lecture #73 – 19th Century Empiricism (History of Philosophy) There has been an intersection of modern empiricism and rationalism of the enlightenment in the synthesis affected by Immanu…