Archive for 'epistemology'

Free Will, Determinism, and Compatibilism

April 3rd, 2008 – 12:29 pm
Filed as: epistemology

The question of free will vs. determinism was one that haunted me for quite a while. It wasn’t until recently that I properly understood and integrated the solution to the problem, and I hope to communicate this effectively in this post to anyone else who might be undecided or confused on the matter.
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The Anti-Conceptual Mentality

April 1st, 2008 – 10:17 pm
Filed as: epistemology

There is a mindset that seems to be very dominant in all cultures, and I think it is the root of why libertarian ideas have yet to fully take hold of most large populations. There is a common aversion to the formation of higher level abstractions that some have dubbed “the anti-conceptual mentality.”
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