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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Jan 29
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    🆕 Introduction page for Part I of my meta-rationality book. This Part explains how rationalism—the theory that formal rationality can be fully adequate—fails when it encounters nebulosity.https://meaningness.com/eggplant/rationalism …

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      2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Jan 29
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        🆕 Introduction to Part II of my meta-rationality book, on “mere reasonableness.” I’m posting these now partly to give structure to pages I’m going to post over the next couple of days. https://meaningness.com/eggplant/reasonableness …

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      3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Jan 29
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        Parts I and II of the book are finished. I’m really torn about whether to web-publish all of their contents, given that I don’t know when I’ll have time to write the rest. In the meantime, I’ve occasionally posted bits out of context when relevant to public discussions.

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      2. Buster Benson‏ @buster Jan 29
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        Reads very smoothly. I like the distinction between practicality and philosophy, and am curious how the “it’s impractical” will fare compared to “it’s true in principle”. Don’t both rely on relevance realization in order to make a judgment call / keep it finite?

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      3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Jan 29
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        I’m not sure what “both” referred to here? But yes, relevance realization is highly relevant here. A couple months ago I posted two chapters of the Part specifically about that, intending to cite them in my dialog with @vervaeke_john, but forgot to.https://meaningness.com/eggplant/rationalism#philosophy …

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      2. Christian Smith‏ @Chris_PK_Smith Jan 29
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        Great intro David, nice work! Especially liked this bit:pic.twitter.com/7iGrMNoiz1

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      3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Jan 29
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        Thanks! I stole that bit from Phil Agre, pretty much; see footnote 2.

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      1. Yehoshua Yehosafat (Secret Celebrity shhh)‏ @ContextSymphony Jan 29
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        Then you’d love my theological chapter, “Rationalism of the Enigma.” It makes an epistemic ground of the paradox. Wild times for all involved.

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      1. KimSia Sim  🇸🇬 💻 📗‏ @KimStacks Jan 29
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        Great start

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      1. Rico Idris‏ @Ricoidris Jan 29
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        Hyped

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      2. SelfishWizard‏ @SelfishWizard Feb 11
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        There's an insurmountable barrier between rationality and reality as there is between subjective perception and reality. Reason is a tool used to try to grasp reality but it always fails and in principle can't succeed as reason can only be employed from a subjective perspective.

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        Similarly there's an insurmountable epistemological barrier between is and ought. You can't get there from here or anywhere. But the reason is slightly different. You can't get to ought from anywhere because "ought" doesn't exist in the real world. It's a purely subjective ideal.

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