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Philosophy

System Building​

"System building" in philosophy refers to the process of creating a comprehensive and coherent set of ideas or principles that explain various aspects of the world. It's like assembling a puzzle, where each idea or principle is a piece that fits together with others to form a complete picture of how we understand things like reality, knowledge, morality, and existence.

Karl Marx is considered the last system-building philosopher.

Denim Philosophy​

Denim Philosophy is the term I gave to the layman's philosophy. It is the musings of Pirisig in [[../Books/Book Reviews/Mich/Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]], it is the thoughts of the stoics in a modern society. It is the thoughts from a ride on a Harley across long landscapes. It is the unbound and unrestricted philosophy of the blue-collar worker, with none of the academic riddles and rules. It is the philosophy of experience and experimentation.

Active Externalism​

Since the publication of Clark and Chalmers (1998), “active externalism” has been a hotly debated issue. Defenders of active externalism hold

  1. Cognitive processes can extend beyond the brain and body.
  2. Cognitive states can be partly constituted by non-biological, environmental objects and processes. The basic claim is that it is through our active engagement with bodily external elements that certain cognitive processes and states are made possible. As a consequence, cognitive processes and states can be partly constituted by features of the world around us. Link The extended mind thesis - The mind is not exclusively in the brain or even the body, but extends into the physical world.

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Thoughts

  • The philosopher Kwame Appiah writes that “in life, the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you’re playing.”