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teleology

Thu, 08 Dec 2016 03:59:24 +0400

In a teleological world things are guided by their purpose or where they should be. Things happen to a kind of natural design.

We get ideas like

Fire wants to rise

Earth wants to fall

philosophicalterms

Thu, 08 Dec 2016 03:57:33 +0400

Philosophy is as much a language as anything else. Learn the terms here so that you can both follow what is being said and communicate precisely what you want to, to others.

Teleology - Things are guided by their purpose
Epistemology - How the Fuck do you know anything?
Metaphysics - What the Fuck is the World?
Ontology - The Fuck itself

Jordan B. Peterson

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:38:58 +0400

Maps of Meaning | Philosophy | Psychology

Jordan B. Peterson

Date 7th December 2016

Jordan Peterson is a Clinical Personality Psychologist. I am currently in Jordan Peterson mode. I get into these kinds of voracious moods whenever I find a new thinker that I admire or I am fascinated by. Some years ago it was Christopher Hitchens, Krishnamurti, etc… even before that it was Mandela, Ghandi, Swami Vivekananda, etc… More recently it was Daniel Dennet, Sam Harris, Stephan Molyneux, etc… Personality de jour is Jordan Peterson.

Sen Ts'an

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 09:04:07 +0400

Sen Ts’an

Sen-Ts’an was an eighth-century Chinese Zen master who wrote:

 The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose;

 Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear.

 Make a hairbreadth difference,

 and Heaven and Earth are set apart;

 If you want the truth to stand clear before you,

 never be for or against.

 The struggle between “for” and “against” is the mind’s worst disease.

Aldous Huxley

Sat, 03 Dec 2016 00:03:54 +0400

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley is (or was one) of my greatest hero’s when I was a young man. I first read Brave New World, Doors of Perception, Island & The Perennial Philosophy. I also read a few of his articles and other works. Each book had its own influence on me, carving out my thought processes, making me deeply think about life in all its dimensions. Huxley was really one of the principle reasons I ever went to thinking in the first place. He showed me just what can be achieved with the mind, a pen (and some psychodelics).

Jeremy Bentham

Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:31:25 +0400

Jeremy Bentham

(1748 - 1832)

 He is best known as the founder of Utilitarianism, which
 he saw as the underlying moral principle on which his legal
 and social reforms should be based. Although his influence
 during his life was perhaps minor, his impact was greater
 in later years as his ideas were carried on by followers
 such as John Stuart Mill, Robert Owen and John Austin.

@ philosophybasics

Epicurus (341–270 BCE) s

Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:20:24 +0400

Epicurus (341–270 BCE) s

 Hellenistic school founded by Epicurus (341–270 BCE) that emphasized
 achieving happiness by minimizing pain and pursuing pleasure.
 1. Atomism
 a. Slight swerve
 b. Free Will and the slight swerve
 2. Image-flakes and perception
 3. Happiness: decrease pain, increase pleasure
 4. Decrease pain by eliminating fears
 a. Death
 b. Gods
 5. Three kinds of desires
 6. Pleasure through moderation
 7. Widsom and the virtues

@ utm

Thales of Miletos

Wed, 30 Nov 2016 10:38:36 +0400

Thales of Miletos

This story should be something that is instantly recognizable:

 His involvement in local politics is also rather anecdotal
 in nature, but Thales apparently impressed both sides of the
 ongoing conflict between the Lydians, Medes and Persians over
 the fate of the region of Ionia,

 when he predicted an eclipse of the sun

 which brought fighting to a standstill. He was also
 reportedly involved in the negotiations which followed the
 hostilities, and managed to obtain favourable terms for Miletus.

http://www.philosophybasics.com/philosophers_thales.html

Ludwig Wittgenstein A Memoir by Norman Malcom

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 01:22:44 +0400

Ludwig Wittgenstein A Memoir by Norman Malcom

I found this book for GBP 3.00 in a small second hand bookshop in Hampstead, London and I simply had to have it. It is a funny thing but I first realised that I had fallen in love with philosophy reading a book about Wittgenstein. It was a surreal moment, it is as if the book read back to me, the contents of my own mind. I was shocked;

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 01:15:41 +0400

Philosophy | Economics | Politics | Ethics | Aesthetics

Ludwig Wittgenstein

 Wittgensteins's Tractus may be called a synthesis of the theory
 of truth-functions and the idea that language is a picture of
 reality.

 Out of this synthesis arises a third main ingredient of the book,
 its doctrine of that which cannot be said, only shown.

 Ludwig Wittgenstein A Memoir by Norman Malcom

Date: 30/11/2016

He had a habit of writing thing down in note books. Like him, I too have a scattering of note books but unlike him, mine are not so organised or dated. There is a beauty to note taking. Something in it that sharpens the mind. It makes you think with greater precision and clarity and acts as a reference at future dates often bringing back more than what is immediately written down.

rubric [roo-brik]

Sun, 27 Nov 2016 23:11:00 +0400

rubric [roo-brik]

noun

a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.

2.a direction for the conduct of divine service or the administration of the sacraments, inserted in liturgical books.

any established mode of conduct or procedure; protocol.
an explanatory comment.
a class or category.

VikiD Philosophy

Wed, 23 Nov 2016 01:43:42 +0400

VikiD Philosophy

To me, Philosophy is the a body of work that encompasses the highest values of all human thought.

It is the rubric that envelopes everything from Art, Religion, Science, Ehtics, Politics and beyond. What exactly philosophy is not a trivial question to answer but it needs answering. It is not something I am looking forward to doing. It is a question that I have been meaning to write about for many years and with every attempt, I have failed.

Richard Rorty

Sun, 20 Nov 2016 22:05:50 +0400

Richard Rorty

The American philosopher Richard Rorty, thought that there might in fact still be something behind the world as it appears to us. However, he thought that this could play no role for us as human beings, so he instead suggested that we increase solidarity among human beings rather than look for ultimate Truth (with a capital T) or ultimate Reality (with a capital R).

Rorty concluded that there is no position outside historically situated language games from which to distinguish mind from world.

Philosophers to Study

Sun, 20 Nov 2016 22:03:41 +0400

Philosophers to Study

Pre-Socratics

The Primary Source here is, philosphybasics by Luke Mastin. The Links below are really trying to pick the most memorable parts of each philosophers work to bring it to life in our imaginations & our memories.

Thales of Miletos (c. 624 - 546 B.C.)
Anaximander (c. 610 - 546 B.C.) Greek
Anaximenes (c. 585 - 525 B.C.) Greek
Pythagoras (c. 570 - 490 B.C.) Greek
Heraclitus (c. 535 - 475 B.C.) Greek
Parmenides of Elea (c. 515 - 450 B.C.) Greek
Anaxagoras (c. 500 - 428 B.C.) Greek
Empedocles (c. 490 - 430 B.C.) Greek
Zeno of Elea (c. 490 - 430 B.C.) Greek
Protagoras (c. 490 - 420 B.C.) Greek
Gorgias (c. 487 - 376 B.C.) Greek
Democritus (c. 460 - 370 B.C.) Greek

Classical Greek

Hellenistic

Epicurus (341–270 BCE)

Eastern

Medieval

Renaissance

Elightenment

Modern & Contemporary

Jeremy Bentham (1749 - 1832) Ludwig Wittgenstein
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963)
Jordan B. Peterson 1962 (age 53–54)

Postmodernists - Constructionists

Richard Rorty

Philosophy in Physics

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 23:53:49 +0400

Philosophy in Physics

The Philosophy of Physics is a very challenging field because not only do you have to be good at Philosophy, you have to be good at Physics and Mathematics too!

To tell you the truth, I try hard, but even this superhero has trouble here. I feel this is a subject for the gods. Us mere mortals will just have to struggle - but there is joy in the struggle too. I hope that my pages here will help shed some light on the subjects at hand.