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Pelle

['Member']Joined: January 06, 2019 at 18:05Last active: August 18, 2023 at 21:526 discussions30 comments
Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Bio

[s]Popperian liberal and Darwinist, until I get convinced of otherwise. Staunch developmental optimist (not the Leibniz kind). [/s]

Still a Popperian, not a neoliberal anymore. Stopped chugging the Steven Pinker Kool-Aid and realised capitalism facilitates exploitation. Also, Jordan Peterson sucks.

Favourite Philosopher

Karl Popper, Slavoj Zizek

Favourite Quotations

"Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite." - Karl Popper

Discussions (6)

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In: Stoicism: banal, false, or not philosophy.  — view comment
thx my guy
February 06, 2020 at 12:05
In: British Racism and the royal family  — view comment
Tbh I think that this is a general narrative among all white supremacists. Europe sure has an illustrious past, yet white supremacists there echo the ...
January 17, 2020 at 09:56
In: A Regressive Fine Tuning Argument  — view comment
Am I dumb or how is the second proposition valid at all? If the fine tuner is an omnipotent deity (and take any form), why would it need to be "fine t...
January 17, 2020 at 08:48
In: Stoicism: banal, false, or not philosophy.  — view comment
You're essentially appealing to a dog-whistle. I'm willing to entertain that stoicism is heuristical in nature but I don't think that's inherently bad...
January 17, 2020 at 08:35
In: Stoicism: banal, false, or not philosophy.  — view comment
Stoicism surely can't be merely therapy. The stoic ideas were formulated with a metaphysical doctrine in mind. It is the relation between the therapy ...
November 22, 2019 at 09:45
In: Objective reality and free will  — view comment
A natural world doesn't necessarily entail determinism. Even though natural laws exist, they are excruciatingly difficult to find. For every attempt t...
June 16, 2019 at 15:02
In: The Ionan School and the Inception of Science  — view comment
It seems that our definitions are different. I agree with Popper that science is merely critical mythmaking. Atheism and naturalism are both ideas tha...
June 16, 2019 at 10:54
In: What is Freedom to You?  — view comment
I have determined that this is the appropriate definition, although I agree that sometimes it's extremely difficult to determine when an action infrin...
June 16, 2019 at 10:38
In: Is cell replacement proof that our cognitive framework is fundamentally metaphorical?  — view comment
I was a huge JBP-head 5 months ago so I might've "rage-quitted" on you. But now I see that you were right about him.
June 15, 2019 at 21:46
In: What is Freedom to You?  — view comment
Freedom is the ability to exercise any activity that doesn't impede upon anyone else's freedom.
June 15, 2019 at 10:09
In: What is the difference between God and Canada?  — view comment
God and Canada are both equally valid heuristics for moral guidance and community. People can get together and decide that they exist to make life eas...
June 13, 2019 at 22:55
In: Intro to Philosophy books for Children/Teenagers  — view comment
The Never Ending Story and Momo and the Time Thieves are great books and I found them very thought-provoking when I was younger. Metaphysical problems...
June 13, 2019 at 22:48
In: Is cell replacement proof that our cognitive framework is fundamentally metaphorical?  — view comment
I agree that he's not a top notch philosopher, but this argument is also psychological in nature. Can you elaborate on what I've misunderstood exactly...
January 15, 2019 at 07:37
In: Is life meaningless?  — view comment
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. What's important is that I myself find meaning (in my career, family, learning etc.) so that I won't fall into an endless...
January 14, 2019 at 10:52
In: Is cell replacement proof that our cognitive framework is fundamentally metaphorical?  — view comment
I didn't think of that. I guess that kind of solves the dilemma.
January 14, 2019 at 10:40
In: Is cell replacement proof that our cognitive framework is fundamentally metaphorical?  — view comment
How about cancer or other diseases affecting the genes? If DNA is the primary predictor of individuality wouldn't that person be biologically changed ...
January 13, 2019 at 18:30
In: Is cell replacement proof that our cognitive framework is fundamentally metaphorical?  — view comment
The extent may even be infinite, considering the existence of history. One may regard history as a collection of memories reaching back to the dawn of...
January 13, 2019 at 16:26
In: Writing a Philosophical Novel  — view comment
A good author to look at is Michael Ende. I think he employs some of the most sophisticated and profound philosophical ideas in such simplicity that e...
January 13, 2019 at 16:24
In: The Paradox of Tolerance - Let's find a solution!  — view comment
Well, how would you explain the likes of the hypertolerant post-modernists? They sure as hell aren't "immobile lumps" .
January 13, 2019 at 10:57
In: What are they putting in the Kool-Aid, nowadays?  — view comment
It's simply a populist agenda that has taken hold in the Midwestern middle class because of their diminishing status on the global market. Examples ar...
January 11, 2019 at 23:50
In: Kuhn, Feyerabend and Popper; Super Showdown  — view comment
I think you’re misunderstanding my argument. I’m not advocating for anyone’s academic freedom to be taken away. After all, there are Marxists and Crea...
January 10, 2019 at 06:15
In: Kuhn, Feyerabend and Popper; Super Showdown  — view comment
exactly.
January 09, 2019 at 16:05
In: Kuhn, Feyerabend and Popper; Super Showdown  — view comment
considering the surge of popularity attributed to both Kuhn and Feyerabend (who where fierce anti-Popperians). I wouldn't say it's a banality. Nonethe...
January 09, 2019 at 16:04
In: Kuhn, Feyerabend and Popper; Super Showdown  — view comment
well, along as universities are publicly funded I don't want my taxes to go to something that will ultimately lacks usefullness. Science is about solv...
January 09, 2019 at 15:53
In: Calling a machine "intelligent" is pure anthropomorphism. Why was this term chosen?  — view comment
The crucial issue is the Computional Theory of Mind. If you accept that theory, you subsequently accept the existence of intelligent machines.
January 09, 2019 at 08:13
In: Kuhn, Feyerabend and Popper; Super Showdown  — view comment
I realize that his intent was to multiply knowledge by multiplying metod, but his unwillingness to outline what science is is a huge issue. If Feyerab...
January 09, 2019 at 07:01
In: The Mind of the Universe  — view comment
It is though. According to all credible science, the human brain is the most advanced cognitive structure on Earth (if you accept CTM at least partly)...
January 08, 2019 at 21:15
In: Kuhn, Feyerabend and Popper; Super Showdown  — view comment
The problem with Feyerabend is that his doctrine is heuristically destructive. If we were to apply his ideas to how we conduct ourselves, how could we...
January 08, 2019 at 21:07
In: Kuhn, Feyerabend and Popper; Super Showdown  — view comment
modern science does follow Popper's ideas to some extent. The critical discussion around science today is exactly as Popper described: people trying t...
January 08, 2019 at 21:03
In: Kuhn, Feyerabend and Popper; Super Showdown  — view comment
completely agree. The biological aspects of Popper's writing is what I found the most interesting. There's seems to be a lot of people that think he's...
January 08, 2019 at 21:00
In: The capacity for freewill  — view comment
While it is true that physical processes provide a restricted framework for our actions, it also true that this framework merely provides probabilitie...
January 07, 2019 at 15:39
In: The Mind of the Universe  — view comment
why would you follow your heart in this instance? Wouldn't using reason be more helpful for solving metaphysical problems? I understand that this idea...
January 06, 2019 at 23:29
In: Moral Superiority - Are you morally superior to someone else?  — view comment
It only depends on if the central impact of the moral system is fundamentally neutral, negative or positive. I'd say the mere act of eating animal pro...
January 06, 2019 at 20:48
In: The Mind of the Universe  — view comment
I think you're unknowingly stumbling into Aristotilean teleologism, which is an unfalsifiable idea (and thus holds no merit). There's no way for me to...
January 06, 2019 at 19:09
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