The Epistemology Edition
What can we trust? Why is the 'information ecology' so damaged, and what would it take to make it healthy? This is a fundamental question, because without good sensemaking, we cannot even begin to act in the world. It is also a central concern in what many are calling the "meaning crisis", because what is meaningful is connected to what is real.
Daniel Schmachtenberger • The War on Sensemaking, Daniel Schmachtenberger
That is: we don’t—we can’t—remember everything. Humans are at least as lossy as AI is, but the details we keep matter. Two people can attend a party and leave with entirely different impressions; 300 million can witness the same election and debate whether a fraud or landslide has occurred. A photograph says more about its creator than its subject.... See more
Jasmine Sun • 🌻 statement of purpose
The Epistemological Progression
Epistemology asks: What should you believe? Different traditions give different answers:
Correspondence Theory /Mistake Theory : Believe what corresponds to reality.
Pragmatism : Believe what is useful.
Conflict Theory/ Post Modernism : Believe what is useful but ask first useful to whom?
Epistemology asks: What should you believe? Different traditions give different answers:
Correspondence Theory /Mistake Theory : Believe what corresponds to reality.
Pragmatism : Believe what is useful.
Conflict Theory/ Post Modernism : Believe what is useful but ask first useful to whom?