#WB Philosophy
What does the Idea of Ideas say about Hoffman’s evolutionary simulations?
Hoffman is right that perception evolved, but that does not mean perception is disconnected from reality or that consciousness creates it.
How does the Idea of Ideas handle commands?
Commands are rational when they direct an agent toward a coherent and possible future state. They become irrational when they depend on speculation, contradiction, impossibility, ...
Are social constructs invented or discovered?
Social constructs are invented, but not from nothing. They are multi-layered rational ideas built from reality, shaped by human needs, and stabilized by agreement.
What does it mean to act with good intent?
Good intent is a process. Clarify group guidance. Weigh results. Apply personal morality. Forge a plan.
How does TST Ethics handle the footbridge case?
TST Ethics says you do not push the person, nor do you kill one person to harvest their organs to save five.
What is the TST Ethical Roadmap?
Group ethics guides. Personal morality chooses. Predict results. Act with good intent. Weigh the result. Adjust.
Is Realism Bunk?
The first rule of thinking well is remembering that reality is shared. Our worldviews differ, but physics does not.
What are the first and second philosophies in TST Philosophy?
First and second philosophy are Aristotle-rooted terms. TST Philosophy does not use them.
Universal
A universal is a repeatable pattern among concrete objects, abstract entities, or both.
Does TST Philosophy use existential givens?
Existential givens refers to the facts you are born into or cannot simply wish away. TST uses the common word circumstances in context for this.
Is Aristotle’s Entelechy part of TST Philosophy?
Entelechy is Aristotle's concept of a thing’s fulfilled actuality.
Is poverty caused by scarcity?
A handful of billionaires own as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity. About a dozen people control over $18 trillion of wealth. Flourishing ...
What is the difference between secular Buddhism and other branches of Buddhism?
Secular Buddhism keeps Buddhist practices and insights, but brackets or rejects the supernatural/metaphysical claims.
What is secular spirituality?
To live within secular spirituality, your exploration of the unknown and unknowable need to stem from testable observations.
What is the difference between ontology and spirituality?
Ontology studies what exists. Spirituality explores what existence means.
What is the difference between being philosophical and spiritual?
Philosophy seeks clarity about reality, knowledge, and life. Spirituality seeks meaning, connection, and orientation within reality.
What is the difference between secular and public spirituality?
Public spirituality is what a culture accepts as spiritual. Secular spirituality is spirituality guided by reality rather than religious or supernatural authority.
What is spirituality?
How we explore meaning, connection, mystery, and the self.
What is Eastern “chee,” or qi?
Qi is the Eastern idea of vital flow: the breath-like energy of life moving through body, nature, and reality.
Why can’t we divide by zero?
Math reveals patterns in reality, but also the boundaries of reason. Reality may be deeper than current math. But we should not pretend an invalid ...