The Deutschian deadend - by Kasra - Bits of Wonder
bitsofwonder.co · 8,421 words · saved by 1 readers
critical rationalism is full of tortured rationalizations
Preamble: David Deutsch is one of the most brilliant physicists and philosophers of our time. He is also wrong about key aspects of his philosophical worldview. The essay below attempts to explain why. For the reader: this is about some of the technical details of David Deutsch's philosophy. If all you took away from Deutsch is that optimism is good, problems are solvable, and humans are significant—those things are kept in tact, and you can carry on with your day. But, if what you took away from reading Deutsch was an entire philosophy of knowledge, a worldview that percolates deep into…
related reading
- In Praise of the Godssimonsarris.substack.com
- Leave a Line of Retreat — LessWronglesswrong.com
- Karl Popper (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)plato.stanford.edu
- Pragmatism - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- What Do We Mean By "Rationality"? — LessWronglesswrong.com
- Your Strength as a Rationalist — LessWronglesswrong.com
- Rational Magic - The New Atlantisthenewatlantis.com
- Shtetl-Optimized >> Blog Archive >> Guess I’m A Rationalist Nowscottaaronson.blog
- How To Think Real Good | Meta-rationalitymetarationality.com
- Against truthsamkriss.substack.com
- The Problems of Philosophy | Project Gutenberggutenberg.org
- Dark Side Epistemology — LessWronglesswrong.com