Sublime

For me, getting an accurate picture of reality ultimately comes down to two things: being able to synthesize accurately and knowing how to navigate levels.

Moreover, Goodin observes, we tend to contrast a life of settling with a life of what he labels “striving,” or living life to the fullest. But this is a mistake, too, and not just because settling is unavoidable but also because living life to the fullest requires settling. “You must settle, in a relatively enduring way, upon something that will be

He showed that sufficiently complex logical systems are “incomplete.” That is, they contain statements and propositions that cannot be judged true or false within the logic of the system. To judge their truth one most look beyond the system to outside knowledge.4

No system of thought can contain the fullness of human experience.

You know, we all have a much broader set of purposes in our life and this ties more closely to the Aristotelian philosophy of eudaimonia, of human flourishing, of the idea of the good life as having multiple dimensions to it, including social connections, purpose, being able to contribute to society, dignity, respect, not the narrow Benthamite,

From her vantage point as a new graduate student, she was much too far from the cutting edge to have any hope of surveying the adjacent possible, and if she can’t see the adjacent possible, she’s not likely to identify a compelling new direction for her work. According to Johnson’s theory, Sarah would have been better served by first mastering a

Dans le monde réel, tout change en permanence. Chaque chose en théorie distincte est composée d’éléments plus petits et fait en même temps partie de choses en théorie distinctes. Objectivement, les limites entre les niveaux, et entre différentes choses à un niveau donné, ne sont ni claires ni évidentes.