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9 Philosophical Thought Experiments That Will Keep You Up at Night
9 min · · Sometimes, the best way to illustrate a complicated philosophical concept is by framing it as a story or situation. Here are nine such thought experiments with downright disturbing implications. · Shared by 10, including Roney Lacerda
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72 Philosophy Books Everyone Should Read
15+ min · · Why am I here? How can I live a good life? What does it mean to have a mind and be a person? Since the days of antiquity, philosophers have puzzled over fundamental questions like these that sit at… · Shared by 17, including Roney Lacerda, Anita Leirfall
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The History Of Philosophy
· summarized & visualized · Shared by 68, including M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Tauno, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Mattia Fregola 🤔, Tobias van Schneider, Roney Lacerda, Michael Duergner, Taylor Pearson, Ziad Shihab, Liam Bright
EdSurge
The Most Important Skills for the 4th Industrial Revolution? Try Ethics and Philosophy.
8 min · · For those keeping count, the world is now entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution. That’s the term coined by Klaus Schwab, founder and executive ... · Shared by 28, including Nicolas Granatino🌻, Roney Lacerda
The Wire
In Today's Times, What Is the Role of a Philosopher?
7 min · · In 'Letters to a Young Philosopher', Iranian academic Ramin Jahanbegloo conceives philosophy as an inherently ethical enterprise. · Shared by 3, including Roney Lacerda
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Here's a simple way we can Improve Analytical Philosophy: Help Others Improve Their Arguments
6 min · · I think there are a number of improvements to widespread practice (no I won't be linking to examples -- feel free to just disbelieve or disagree with me if you want!) that would be relatively easy to… · Shared by 2, including Roney Lacerda
Aeon+Psyche
Why the Western philosophical canon is xenophobic and racist
11+ min · · Academic philosophy in ‘the West’ ignores and disdains the thought traditions of China, India and Africa. This must change · Shared by 42, including Nathan Rosquist, Stephen C Sanders, Roney Lacerda, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Alex Barrera, David V. Johnson
Open Culture
Eminent Philosophers Name the 43 Most Important Philosophy Books Written Between 1950-2000: Wittgenstein, Foucault, Rawls & More
4 min · · Faced with the question, “who are the most important philosophers of the 20th century?,” I might find myself compelled to ask in turn, “in respect to what?” · Shared by 11, including Roney Lacerda, Howard Getson
Scientific American
New Insights into Self-Insight: More May Not Be Better
4 min · · An innovative study technique yields surprising results that counter the popular idea that knowing yourself is good for you · Shared by 191, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Roney Lacerda, Mark Kaigwa, Nope, Liliane Ferrari ™, hiten.eth, Martina Grolimund, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Tauno, Ward Plunet
New York Magazine
So Apparently There Are 4 Kinds of Introversion
11+ min · · We've got a quiz, if you're curious how you rank. · Shared by 39, including Roney Lacerda, Shut Up and Create, Thomas Wong
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Confirmation bias: Why you make terrible life choices
5 min · · You walk into your first yoga class. You’re a little insecure about your weight and how your yoga clothes cling to your body revealing… · Shared by 25, including Roney Lacerda, Mark Kaigwa
Farnam Street
Against Empathy: Why Reason, not Empathy, leads to Better Decisions
18+ min · · Sometimes empathy helps us and sometimes it hurts us. When it comes to making decisions, our reasoning rather than our ability to empathize matters most. · Shared by 68, including ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ, Christophe Jean, Andrei Luca, Dominik Grolimund, mdy, Liv 😷, Jacob Jarnvall, Thompson Marzagão, @mainec@fromm.social, Roney Lacerda, Thomas Power, Bilal Aslam
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List of cognitive biases
20+ min · · Cognitive biases are systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment, and are often studied in psychology and behavioral economics.[1] Although the reality of these biases is… · Shared by 912, including Benedict Evans, Ryan Boren, Daniel Mezick, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Liliane Ferrari ™, Kara Nortman, Josh Wolfe, Chris Messina, Thomas Power, Scott Berkun, Anand Sanwal, Christopher Mims 🤌, Herbert Bay, Merlin Mann, 👨🏻💻☕️, Ron McIntyre, hiten.eth, Data Science Renee, Christopher Allen, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻
Brain Pickings
Henry Beston’s Beautiful 1948 Manifesto for Reclaiming Our Humanity by Breaking the Tyranny of Technology and Relearning to Be Nurtured…
6 min · · “Oh, work that is done in freedom out of doors, work that is done with the body’s and soul’s goodwill, work that is an integral part of life and is done with friends — is there anything so go… · Shared by 12, including Roney Lacerda, Arin Basu