Religions and ideologies as axiomatic systems / languages, memetic wars vs. the more natural kinds, difficulties with proof, and the simulation hypothesis
An excellent read and I couldn't agree more: viewing these disagreements in terms of axioms is critically important. Thanks also for the kind reference: the name of the thinker is Thomas Nagel, whose book is titled "The View from Nowhere." For him, our epistemology is "always already" embedded, which doesn't mean it is wrong, but it does mean it is never purely situated in objectivity. "Subjective" and "false" are not similes, no, but Nagel's point is that we really need to rethink epistemology as being deeply connected to ontology. Anyway, great work!
An excellent read and I couldn't agree more: viewing these disagreements in terms of axioms is critically important. Thanks also for the kind reference: the name of the thinker is Thomas Nagel, whose book is titled "The View from Nowhere." For him, our epistemology is "always already" embedded, which doesn't mean it is wrong, but it does mean it is never purely situated in objectivity. "Subjective" and "false" are not similes, no, but Nagel's point is that we really need to rethink epistemology as being deeply connected to ontology. Anyway, great work!