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Beautifully put! I recommend “Kants System of Perspectives” by Palmquist, it’s free online, short/skimmable, and explains in detail how Kant (200y ago!) was try

by bbor 3y ago

Beautifully put! I recommend “Kants System of Perspectives” by Palmquist, it’s free online, short/skimmable, and explains in detail how Kant (200y ago!) was trying to do exactly this; acknowledge the unknowable parts of the problem, and instead focus on reasoning out the “landscape” or structure of it

FabHK 3y ago
What an unexpected connection: Stephen Palmquist used to run the Hong Kong Philosophy Café, until he left the city recently, possibly in the wake of the political changes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Palmquist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Palmquist Here's the free online book you alluded to: http://staffweb.hkbu.edu.hk/ppp/ksp1/toc.html http://staffweb.hkbu.edu.hk/ppp/ksp1/toc.html
- strogonoff 3y ago
  Does anything like Philosophy Café exist in that city nowadays?
  - FabHK 3y ago
    Hi, yes, the HK Philosophy Café is still around! [1] There's also HK Skeptics in the Pub. [2] There was a Café Scientifique, but it closed down. Then there's some Book groups that tend to discuss non-fiction. [3] Hope to see you! [1] There's a WA group, but I don't have the invite link. Meta: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6834551586589131/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/6834551586589131/ and https://www.instagram.com/hkpc2023 https://www.instagram.com/hkpc2023 [2] Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/skeptics-in-the-pub-hk/ https://www.meetup.com/skeptics-in-the-pub-hk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hkskeptics https://twitter.com/hkskeptics [3] Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/byobook-meetup-group/ https://www.meetup.com/byobook-meetup-group/
    - strogonoff 3y ago
      Hugely appreciated. Judging by the description on Skeptics I’d expect strongly Kantian views to not be very well received (they don’t particularly align with physicalism, and I find when people mention “science” they typically mean physicalism/materialistic monism), but who knows!

by bbor 3y ago

FabHK 3y ago

What an unexpected connection: Stephen Palmquist used to run the Hong Kong Philosophy Café, until he left the city recently, possibly in the wake of the political changes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Palmquist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Palmquist Here's the free online book you alluded to: http://staffweb.hkbu.edu.hk/ppp/ksp1/toc.html http://staffweb.hkbu.edu.hk/ppp/ksp1/toc.html

strogonoff 3y ago
Does anything like Philosophy Café exist in that city nowadays?
- FabHK 3y ago
  Hi, yes, the HK Philosophy Café is still around! [1] There's also HK Skeptics in the Pub. [2] There was a Café Scientifique, but it closed down. Then there's some Book groups that tend to discuss non-fiction. [3] Hope to see you! [1] There's a WA group, but I don't have the invite link. Meta: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6834551586589131/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/6834551586589131/ and https://www.instagram.com/hkpc2023 https://www.instagram.com/hkpc2023 [2] Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/skeptics-in-the-pub-hk/ https://www.meetup.com/skeptics-in-the-pub-hk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hkskeptics https://twitter.com/hkskeptics [3] Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/byobook-meetup-group/ https://www.meetup.com/byobook-meetup-group/
  - strogonoff 3y ago
    Hugely appreciated. Judging by the description on Skeptics I’d expect strongly Kantian views to not be very well received (they don’t particularly align with physicalism, and I find when people mention “science” they typically mean physicalism/materialistic monism), but who knows!