Tag: Philosophy

  • Put Your Puppy on a Leash: My Take on Meditation

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    In which I describe my new meditation technique using visual focus to control mental attention.

  • A Routine for Rational Nihilists

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    In which I talk about the routine I’ve developed from a nihilistic point of view.

  • DEVLOG 6: A Temporary But Indefinite Pause in Development

    Announcement I got stuck about a month ago. The stuck-ness led to some expected negative emotions and thoughts but that was dealt with much greater ease than ever before. Eventually, I got un-stuck but it led to some big changes in how I live and how I wish to proceed with my philosophy project. I’ll…

  • 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…

    Venn diagram for my new structure for knowledge and belief
  • DEVLOG 5: Exciting Times

    Strong progress continues on the project. There’s also excitement of getting into the actual philosophy now. Till now I was focused on explaining what I’m trying to do and why I’m doing it and pre-empting any objections. But all that is done for now and there’s excitement ahead. Completed Tasks Reflections Woohoo! Got a lot…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Devlog 3: Focusing on the Process Instead of the Result

    Completed Tasks 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 started working on the ItRaN page and moved some stuff from the…

  • Raw Journal Entry: Testing My Philosophy in Real Life

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    I had the longest phase of bad days since I started this whole thing (being positive and working consistently on my philosophy plan) a couple of months ago. It began by waking up a little bit late and missing workout for a couple of days. The next two days I woke up on time but…

  • Devlog 2: Learning to Pace Myself

    Completed Tasks Lessons Learned I learned that I need to pace myself in developing this philosophy. There is so much I have already written and thought about that sometimes it makes me want to rush through it all. If I do that, it’ll come across like the ramblings of a mad man. (Even more than…