How knowledge works:
You start with some existing knowledge (models/traditions/genes/memes).
Some of that contains problems (two parts contradict).
Try a modification to solve it.
Criticise to see if the solution works.
Modify as needed.
New problem.
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The first step of 'existing knowledge' is necessary — that's where problems come from. And problems are what thinking consists of. It's impossible to think about something without some model. "Model-free" just means your models are less about the form.https://twitter.com/reasonisfun/status/1106853147417423872?s=21 …
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Lulie @reasonisfunReplying to @context_ing @Malcolm_OceanOne can't get knowledge from ignorance. What's happening in negative space drawing is not being model-free, but *using a better model*. And that's what's happening in philosophy (&improv, etc.) too. It feels like being model-free because it's using inexplicit/intuition models.1 reply 0 retweets 7 likesShow this thread -
Where #CriticalRationalism and other fallibilist philosophies like#MetaRationalism may differ. (one of the few places they seem to be in actual disagreement?@Meaningness@Malcolm_Ocean)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @reasonisfun @Meaningness
I don't see a disagreement here! My explicit knowledge of both philosophies is a bit past "I've read Beginning of Infinity and Meaningness". Possible I'm misunderstanding either here. Also possible I'm using them both fluidly in such a way that they don't FEEL they disagree

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That's partially splitting hairs about the word "disagree", but it's important. My eyes constantly disagree about what I'm seeing, but that just gets integrated into a 3D view, not fought over. Physics & biology emphasize different things but are both models of matter.
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I'm actually not sure if
#MetaRationalism is a single philosophy at all, or if it's just pointing at "philosophies meta to rationalism"
(the implication being that there may be multiple ways to do that)
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Replying to @Malcolm_Ocean @reasonisfun
Yeah, it's a word I just made up, and so shouldn't be taken seriously. A very few other people used it before me, but only casually, with no detailed account. I haven't yet given a detailed account either, and don't own the word, so it's quite nebulous for now.
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Replying to @Meaningness @reasonisfun
Also David have you looked into any of Iain McGilchrist's stuff on brain hemisphere lateralization? It's profoundly relevant to your work. He frames the modernity madness & breakdown as being characteristic of the left hemisphere denying the role of the right. Core to all of this
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Thanks, yes, I haven’t read his book, but have read some summaries
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