#Epistemology

Jamie Merchant

pathtopraxis

In the controversy around Modern Monetary Theory, both its advocates and its critics (for the most part) take MMT at face value as a theory of money, and so go

Sophie Lewis

reproutopia

Well, I watched "My Octopus Teacher" on netflix: a flawed but moving documentary about a straight man who has a lifechanging erotic relationship with a female octopus. I cried, then

Michael E. Smith

MichaelESmith

Thread: Why are some archaeologists afraid of population data? I will destroy two common but entirely bogus arguments why someone is not concerned with population in the past. Then I

Armaghan Ahmad Khan

arma9han

1/n If you have been obsessing over what the post corona world would look like here are some great reads which I have gone through in the past week: 2/n

Aurva Bhārgava

aurvabhrg

One of the striking aspects of modernity is the reduction of the available categories. Eg: In the Hindu epistemology, Pratyakśa, Anumāna, Śabda were considered to be valid means of knowledge

alison whittaker

AJ_Whittaker

For those interested, the practice direction (which made these procedural changes) is here: https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-09/2020.09.21%20-%20Practice%20Direction%20on%20Indigenous%20Deaths%20in%20Custody%20-

Roko - hereticalupdate.substack.com

RokoMijicUK

What is power-knowledge?Power-knowledge is a meme or claim that compels you to profess it and causes people to spread it. In the past, believing in some local monotheistic religion was

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

It’s so much easier to destroy than to build. Everyone wants to criticize, no one wants to create. The moment you try to do something positive, you become vulnerable. There

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

Nietzsche was the first and greatest Feminist! Truly! I will reveal this truth to you now. Who could forget the opening line of Beyond Good and Evil, wherein the old

John Holbo

jholbo1

I'm a big Nietzsche fan. I regard him as, first and foremost, a brilliant psychologist of philosophy and morals. But one of his biggest, most seemingly culturally-consequential claims always struck

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/There's a small but vocal minority on the right which claims either:1. Liberalism is wokeness, or a type of wokeness.or 2. Liberalism decays into wokeness and wokeness is an inevitable

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

One reason nazis argue in ridiculously bad faith is that they get platformed when people dunk on them. You may resist the urge to debate them, but they know if

Bruno Marshall Shirley

brunomshirley

I've just finished my last semester of PhD coursework, and my final term paper was such a doozy I thought I'd share some of what I found here. Stay tuned

Jonathan Kimmelman

KimmelmanJ

If you participate in a #cancer phase 1 trial, what are the chances of receiving a drug, at the right dose, that will eventually be approved for your cancer? About

ur goth dyke mom

beka_valentine

ok so let's talk Lakatos and epistemology and politics. this thread has been brewing for me for a while, but i finally got around to it b/c @hakan_geijer expressed interest,

J. V. Madison

SciConservative

Whether it's CGT which denies the reality of sexual dimorphism or CRT which focuses on perceived racism, one thing is clear, an opposition to objectivity. The implications of this epistemology