How Philosophers Think - David Perell

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David explains how philosophers think and how you can use their techniques to improve your own thinking. Read here.

Philosophers are the most rigorous thinkers I know. Like intellectual boxers; they come to understand ideas by making them fight with each other. Their style of analysis is effective because it’s so bloody. One friend calls his style “violent thinking.” He talks about thinking like a soldier talks about interrogation. He subjects ideas to ruthless torture, shaking them and grabbing them by the throat until they can no longer breathe and, eventually, reveal their true nature. The way he dissects ideas reminds me of something the smartest kid in my middle school class used to do. On the weekends

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