Today, I’m continuing my reading of Confucius's Analects and I’m really enjoying it so far.
I feel like I’m chilling out reading Chinese parables and ethical teachings.
I have always loved studying #philosophy, but doing it in an academic context is much more difficult and requires a lot more depth than I was expecting. Not a bad thing, just an observation. :)
“All microsubjects featuring in the relevant structure relationally determine the phenomenal character of only one microsubject in a way that gives it a full human experience. […] The relevant relational structure is whatever is minimally necessary to produce my current conscious experience at any given time…”
Venetian scholar Elena Cornaro Piscopia was born #OTD in 1646.
She was the first woman in the world to receive a doctoral degree. On June 25, 1678, Elena became the first woman to be awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree. Her doctoral examination was held in the cathedral of Padua to accommodate the large audience, including prominent scholars and nobles. The next female doctorate was granted by the University of Bologna in 1732 to Laura Bassi.
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins, 2020
With the wit, insight, and spellbinding prose that have made him a bestselling author, Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, combining them in a landmark statement of the human appetite for wonder.
On the blog today, Victor Lange and Thor Grünbaum discuss their recent paper about transparency of experience and mindfulness meditation. #philosophy@philosophy
I've never been able to get into Stoicism, but I still like reading about different philosophies. However, I also know that that is one where a lot of popular works deviate badly from the original.
So, a question: are Ryan Holiday's books solid/accurate? Are they in line with ancient Stoic philosophy? Are they a purely modern interpretation? Are they worth reading for growing my non-expert knowledge (in a positive, not just critiquing, way)?
@aehdeschaine@bookstodon I was introduced to Stoicism when a friend recommended "The Obstacle is the Way". It piqued my interest enough to find out that there are other contemporary writers who do a much better job, in my opinion, than Holiday of laying out what the philosophy is about in an accessible way. Some that I would recommend are Massimo Pigliucci, Donald Robertson, and William B. Irvine. #philosophy#stoicism#books#reading#stoicAuthors
@aehdeschaine@bookstodon The commercialism of Holiday's various Stoicism-related projects is also a turn-off for me. I have always felt that he doesn't do much write books to teach people about Stoicism as he teaches people a Stoicism to sell books. #stoicsm#books#philosophy#reading#stoicAuthors
Which is more important? Learning from your own mistakes or learning from other people's mistakes?
Or is the real problem the idea that any mistakes can be prevented? Maybe we just have to make the same mistakes over and over again, and the entire project of worrying about the unknowable future is the real mistake?
Too many examples in the current news, but it really feels like "There's nothing new under the sun", just new fools making the same old mistakes.
Disobey The Philosophy of Resistance by Frédéric Gros
In this provocative essay, Frédéric Gros explores the roots of political obedience. Social conformity, economic subjection, respect for authorities, constitutional consensus? Examining the various styles of obedience provides tools to study, invent and induce new forms of civic disobedience and protest.
Mind Design III: Philosophy, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence by John Haugeland, 2023
The essential reader on the philosophical foundations and implications of artificial intelligence, now comprehensively updated for the twenty-first century.