Tag: philosophy development
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Reframing Claim About Knowledge 1.0
Breadcrumbs: Philosophy/ItRaP/Epistemology/Knowledge Reframing Claim: Let’s consider Knowledge and Belief as mutually exclusive sets. The Traditional Structure In traditional western philosophy knowledge is usually considered to be true justified belief. It can be shown in the following Venn diagram. All of our beliefs are taken as a universal set. True beliefs are a subset of all…
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DEVLOG 4: Trimming the Fat from the Kernel
Since the last devlog, there’s been significant progress—not just in the structure of my philosophical system, but also in how I’ve begun applying it to my own life. It started with a core question: What does it mean to live a meaningful life? I found myself challenging the traditional pursuit of “success” and realized that…
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A Simple Introduction to My Project
I’ve tried to explain what I’m doing on the Home page and the Start Here page. But I realize now that it still might be confusing to a new visitor: What exactly is this project? As Einstein (supposedly) said, “If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Every time I try…
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Devlog 3: Focusing on the Process Instead of the Result
Completed Tasks Started the ItRaN page. Finished the Epistemology page. Started the Logic page. Lessons Learned I started this, almost a month long period, by deciding to focus on the YouTube video on absurdism that I’ve been working on, but soon I changed my mind and continued to work on both YouTube and philosophy. I…
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Devlog 2: Learning to Pace Myself
Completed Tasks Finished the Start Here page. Added a section for the Principles of Iterative Rational Nihilism. This section is like a manifesto for iterative philosophy. Added a section about how science and philosophy can work together. Added a section for the framework. It describes the whole concept of using Linux like architecture to do…
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Devlog 1: Gaining Confidence in My Project
It’s only been a week since I officially started building my philosophical system, but I’ve already developed a lot of clarity over my main argument and my confidence that I’m doing something valuable has grown. Front Page The front page of the website is done, for now. The good thing about an iterative system is…
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Devlog 0: Officially Beginning My Philosophy Project
Brief Background I’ve been dabbling in philosophy since 2000, but the genesis of this project of developing philosophy like a software lies in 2018 when I found myself in the deepest and darkest depression of my life. Like Descartes, I started by giving up on everything I believed and starting from absolute zero. But this…
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