I am interested in Epistemology. What does it mean to know something.
My thinking is aligned with the Pragmatists who hold that the concept of Truth is of little use and that knowledge should be evaluated in terms of the job at hand. Pascal’s Wager where he basically argues that one should believe what is expedient, is an early example of this approach.
IPA: /uj/
there isn’t that much to modify there really… my point was that the “ah” (or “uh” for all I care) you’ve mentioned was and eye or even and oo (as you say) in the cute form. However, previously you’ve said:
Which these example clearly show is not the case… maybe we can say oftentimes rather than universal, but given the number of vowels that’s just seeing a pattern where there isn’t one.
Iiih in German is the same as yuck in English.
Hey, what’s that book called, so we can discuss on even grounds… I know from Vedic Maths that sometimes they use sutras in ways that help their arguments, etc. Also, what’s true for Sanskrit doesn’t have to hold true for English, let alone the Indo-European or all languages across the board.
Hey, what’s that book called, so we can discuss on even grounds… I know from Vedic Maths that sometimes they use sutras in ways that help their arguments, etc. Also, what’s true for Sanskrit doesn’t have to hold true for English, let alone the Indo-European or all languages across the board.
I’m reading Eurythmy by Marjorie Spock though I believe Eurythmy and Visible Speech by Rudolf Steiner is the main text on this work but I haven’t read it yet.
I think what’s happening is you are focusing on the meaning of words rather than the precise sounds. If you just take the sounds individually and analyse their qualities and effects then their value in language becomes apparent.
Shh has the same effect in India as it does in Peru or Namibia. The action of the sound is naturally occurring and is not the product of culture. Just as 4, 5, 6 are the same in every country regardless of cultural interpretation.
Sanskrit uses sounds deliberately and it is a very important component of Vedic and Tantric philosophy. Other languages seem to use them semi- or un-consciously, though I understand Hebrew also recognises the value of sounds in language but I haven’t studied it.
Hi all,
I read the Pre-Socratics, Theravada Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta along with Biblical “philosophy” of King Solomon’s Ecclesiastes.
Stefos
There is an interesting part in Sapiens where the author discusses the idea that wheat domesticated humans and that it wasn’t necessarily a good bargain for the humans at the time. Humans went from easier lives as hunter gatherers to working all day for the benefit of wheat, and wheat went from a plant that wasn’t widely successful to covering large parts of the Earth’s surface. The process took long enough that individual human societies didn’t notice.
For the last few years I’ve read quite a few books on the Stoics and I align with much of what they say. In the past year I’ve also been reading quite a bit on other philosophies as well as Buddhism and Spiritualism, with books such as the Tao Te Ching, some of Eckhart Tolle’s, The Untethered Soul and a few others. One thing I’ve realised is how similar the central theme of most of them are, which is what “Perennial Philosophy” is all about.
For anyone interested in dipping their toe into something such as Stoicism I’d recommend this book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1983607169
It covers the main aspects of Stoicism by using humour and does so superbly in my opinion as it makes it much more accessible to people put off by the thought of “philosophy”. It’s also pretty short and can be read in a few hours. A few months ago while on holiday a friend of mine picked up my copy and started to read it and he loved it and yet he’s been a little dismissive of philosophy previously. He enjoyed it so much after finishing it he immediately ordered 2 copies for his children who are in their twenties.
I studied philosophy (Master’s) and will do my PhD too, I guess. I mainly came from philosophy of language and would recommend the Philosophical Investigations by Wittgenstein to everybody interested in that domain. I find it entertaining even, though it is highly unconventional in its form. I work mainly about philosophy of memory at the moment, hence my active participation in memory sports. I can recommend Materie et Memoire by Bergson. It takes some patience I guess, not the easiest read, but a genius theory on how the perception of time is linked to matter and the memory.
I’m interested in philosophy because its like “meta everything”. How to think? How to argue? Morals? Is there a god? What is logic? How do I know? What is there to know, what type of knowledge is there? The answer to these question (should) build the basis of everything I do or think! That’s why I’m interested in philosophy, and that is also why I think philosophy, together with psychology, should be tought in schools
It is interesting to me that in addition to other classes, Aristotle and Plato seemed to agree that Geometry was a vital class for teaching their students how to think.
I must be stupid, I did alright in Algebra and almost failed Geometry.
This is definitely philosophical 
Thanks for sharing this, made me smile
Philosophy Post Grad here.
As people mentioned before Philosophy is pretty pretty broad. The broadest domain of human knowledge. In fact, every Wikipedia page can be traced back to the Philosophy page (Fun fact).
The fields I am specifically into are, but not limited to, Ethics (and meta-ethics), Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Religion.
What kind of questions are you most interested in? What kind of ideas, or ideas about ideas fascinate you most?
Regards,
Sean
I have a copy of Bertrand Russell’s Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy somewhere in the pile of things next to me, but I haven’t read it yet.
If you haven’t seen it yet, there is a thread where you can post the titles of mind-expanding books: What Are Your Favorite Books That Changed the Way You Think?
It’s a little off-topic, but people here might find this game entertaining:
Too much time is spent on Geometry in the modern curriculums. This is a hang over from the days when education was a matter of learning the Classics. It’s useful but not to the extent it’s pursued.
Recently I got opportunity to listen to the course The Philosopher’s Toolkit on Audible. I found it very engaging and interesting. It gave me many tools to orient my thinking in day to day life.
They have a trailer at Youtube
They mention in early days all there was, was Philosophy and all learned people were Philosophers, then the specialties emerged.
With the small difference that the wheat not conscious at all about that process of domestication.
With all due respect, that idea sounds funny and intriguing, but i think it is only a fable to explain things, and nothing more, like a Gary Larson joke.
Unless I’m unaware of some other explanation in the book.
I recommend reading the book for the whole argument. It’s a very interesting idea.
He isn’t saying that wheat is conscious, but just describing a thought-provoking way of looking at the larger system that produced us.
Two books related to that idea that I’d also highly recommend are What Evolution Is and The Selfish Gene.
That looks interesting. I’m currently listening to some Great Courses lectures on free will to get an overview of the various arguments.
Being. Truth. Beauty. Good. And the opposites.
Hi, Josh.
I have to recommend Heidegger but don’t just try to read Being and Time on your own. Listen to interviews and lectures from the late Hubert Dreyfus (RIP) or other secondary materials to support your studies. Here is an exciting interview:
