What a weird take. Would you mind elaborating?
List of things people think are obviously true but at the same time don't believe in the slightest: - that we have no free will. - that nothing matters. - that all taste is subjective. - that all we want is to be happy. No one believes any of these, although many think they do.
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In light of a philosophy class I’m currently taking, I’d guess he’s getting at the issue of people “logically” believing one thing while not behaving in a way that aligns with that at all.
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That's because people aren't entirely rational. Even if on a theoretical level you understand them to be true, nobody can detach themselves from their own point of view enough to fully internalize them. I don't really think that's a flaw tbh, it's not like we have a choice :)
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This applies to basically all fields by the way not just philosophy. Even if you theoretically understand the universe is a bunch of fluxuations in various fields that doesn't mean you start thinking of actual real life objects that way. It's kind of partitioned.
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The concept of “you should be happy” is a very North American construct fed through a society fueled by social media and advertising imo.
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Because before social media, nobody ever wanted to be happy?
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Anyone who believes that all we want is to be happy should read / watch some Slavic (e.g. Russian or Polish) works of culture, from classic literature to recent movies, great detox to such claims.
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Any recommendations? I've been wanting to read 'Notes from Underground' from Dostoevsky.
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Hence, absurdism
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"Mankind does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does" Nietzsche
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