WWB Trainer
WWB Key Ideas
MODE:
~
4 minutes
of short abstracts.
Epistemology.
Some random key ideas.
1.
Holism and reductionism are complementary lenses: one explains parts, the other explains patterns.
2.
Quote:
- Socrates.
- 399 BCE.
Meaning:
Epistemology < Philosophy
3.
Not counting, but the core idea. Counting evolved from simpler biological pattern recognition and signal integration already present in nature.
4.
Quote:
- Michael Alan Prestwood.
- 2024.
Meaning:
We build knowledge from impressions, not certainty. Reality meets us through experience, and each impression becomes another step toward understanding.
5.
Some skepticism questions our words. Deeper skepticism questions whether we can ever truly know.
6.
Quote:
- Bernard of Chartres.
- circa 1130 CE.
Meaning:
Transcendental intelligence is the capacity to transmit ideas beyond individual minds and lifespans, allowing knowledge itself to accumulate across generations.
7.
TST Theory of Truth asks: What makes an idea true? Truth is successful alignment between our representations and a determinate, mind-independent reality.
8.
Quote:
- Karl Popper.
- 1963.
From History:
Meaning:
Human knowledge grows through refinement, but certainty remains out of reach; rational confidence must be calibrated, not declared.
9.
TST Ethics differs by aiming at layered flourishing rather than happiness alone. Moral constraint integrate intent, virtue, preservation, and harm.
10.
Quote:
- Michael Alan Prestwood.
- 2024.
Meaning:
We all see the world through a personal lens shaped by experience. Once you recognize your worldview, you can finally examine it, refine it, and choose how you think.
Done. Refresh for another set.
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