A pig talks about the concepts she's traveled across. Logic, metanormativity, counterfactuals, and the ability to do otherwise.
Posted in logic, math, philosophy, and reasons
Description: We can solve problems around all-or-nothing thinking and paradoxes around actions above and beyond the call of duty. To do so, we need to learn the logic of reasons and decision-making.
Estimated reading time: 12:14 (238 wpm)
Estimated reading time range: 8:31 (342 wpm) to 21:43 (134 wpm)
cw: abuse, gaslighting, immersive description of life-or-death dilemma
Posted in freedom, introductory, logic, math, and philosophy
Description: We can solve problems that arise when thinking about what is and isn’t possible. To do so, we need to learn how to visualize the logic of possibilities.
Estimated reading time: 8:34 (238 wpm)
Estimated reading time range: 5:58 (134 wpm) to 15:13 (342 wpm)
cw: allusion to suicidal ideation near the beginning, discussion of notorious documented history and institutional racism
Posted in counterfactuals, freedom, introductory, logic, math, philosophy, and reasons
I made this series (and this blog) with a set of goals.
– To give people the logical tools they need to deal with very common problems.
– To resist pessimism about people’s ability to deal with those problems.
– To generalize from what most of us already know to help deal with those common problems.
– To enter into the Summer of Math Exposition 1 (SoME1) competition.