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I am into negative philosophies, it often is a lot easier to say certain important ideas are false than to establish an overarching truth. One negative philoso
by yters 18y ago
I am into negative philosophies, it often is a lot easier to say certain important ideas are false than to establish an overarching truth. One negative philosophy is that determinism is incoherent as a philosophy, since philosophy implies choice. While simple sounding, that idea is actually very, very deep and cuts through every discipline I know of. It forms the basis for my views on capitalism, technology, metaphysics, etc.
- sgibat 18y agoHow does philosophy imply choice?
- yters 18y agoIf it isn't a choice, then there's not much point talking about it, is there? Another example is Rand's argument that there is absolute truth: saying there is no absolute truth is a self contradiction, so it is an untenable position. That avoids the whole problem of trying to point out a specific absolute truth, while still showing its the better position.