People have reasons other than the ones which they assert for believing one thing rather than another. And those reasons can at times come from rational or irrational fears. In the case of nature and change, there are specific fears which can make us opt for one over the other. Lets explore those.
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There are a lot of different opinions about what skepticism entails, and I believe a majority of them are misguided. Here is what skepticism should mean to you.
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One common response I see towards skeptics is dismissal. People often avoid skepticism and the conclusions it brings. There are a few reasons as to why that it is, and they range from psychological and personal to immature and unnecessary.
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Skepticism is both a philosophy and a way of life. But there isn’t one type of skepticism out there, and so there isn’t one type of skeptical life; a point all too often forgotten. Lets discuss that point.
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Science and meaning are nor compatible. Modern science takes a heavily empirical approach to knowledge, and as a result suffers in being compatible with non-empirical things, like meaning. Lets explain.
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Why is skepticism important for science? Because science without skepticism would have too many problems. Lack of innovation, bad dogma, and poor methods are just a few of the reasons why skepticism is important for science.
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I know nothing. And that is ok. Why? Because there is not really a good reason why we should know anything to begin with!
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There are two prominent schools of thought when it comes to categories. The first is prototype theory, the second is classical theory. They seem similar on the surface level, but are greatly different from one another. Let’s discuss how each answer the question of what a category is.
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Theories are intended to explain the reality before us. However, we often times have disagreements about which explanation is correct. I herein provide a solution to such disagreements by appealing to a generalist account of human cognition.
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Ethics is a confusing topic, but it is made even more confusing when people who do ethics misunderstand their own positions on epistemology and truth.
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Solipsism is justifiable, but why? Are there any good reasons to deny solipsism? I think solipsism is ok, here is why.
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Why is philosophy so hard? The three primary reasons, I believe, are intangibility, universal scope, and universal application.
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The Philosophy of error, as Kant views it, is wrong. He presents an oversimplified view of natural things, which leads to his error.
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