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hmm i used to read sneerclub (didn't like the sneerclub posters but i thought they were basically right that rats were stupid and missed a lot of philosophy)
what i realize now - at least from postrats - is that it wasn't just having a kind of silly limited philosophy
what i realize now - at least from postrats - is that it wasn't just having a kind of silly limited philosophy
the way the rats were different from analytic philosophy as done in mainstream academia - or at least the way i understood it to be done - is the way they actually internalized their beliefs
the rats were more phenomenologists of a very peculiar, rationalistic (lol) sort
the rats were more phenomenologists of a very peculiar, rationalistic (lol) sort
i think it's a shitty phenomenology but the idea of integrating and internalizing a worldview is actually interesting and novel, at least as far as analytic style philosophy goes imo
they basically avoid the problem where analytic philosophy just plays word games and reason game
they basically avoid the problem where analytic philosophy just plays word games and reason game
it's not just logicking around, it's literally what if i internalize this as a psychological concept to live my life around
at least the way i did analytic philosophy i didn't internalize any of their concepts, i just worked with it like terms in a kind of calculus
at least the way i did analytic philosophy i didn't internalize any of their concepts, i just worked with it like terms in a kind of calculus
so actually rats are not just a dumb branch of analytic philosophy that misses a lot of shit they're a mystical / religious / spiritual tradition (lol, short tradition) or way of being
and whether good or bad they've got systematic practice in integrating ways of being to life
and whether good or bad they've got systematic practice in integrating ways of being to life
rats are more like monks in a monastery than like grad students in academia in analytic philosophy
hmm
maybe academia was meant to not be stupid argument wrangling either
well guess that's what formalizing math does
and then applying it to philosophy
hmm
maybe academia was meant to not be stupid argument wrangling either
well guess that's what formalizing math does
and then applying it to philosophy
it's easy to lose the sight of the terms being actually meaningful in some phenomenological way, trying to get at new things, and instead just treating them as ways to persuade a basically unchanging reality
turns out conceptual work can change your reality
turns out conceptual work can change your reality
thoughts inspired by this thread https://twitter.com/theorangealt/status/1309049250920230912
if this thread is right then what i'm saying here might be true, but it's a good thing https://twitter.com/SimianSunny/status/1309047134495346691
i might've tried talking about this kind of thing before, but less clearly https://twitter.com/SimianSunny/status/1306181555975589889
