NaNo Philosophers http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260 i am the moon Anyone else here an avid reader of philosophy (or perhaps a budding philosopher themselves)? I'm interested in the philosophy of science, epistemology, and ethics. I self-identify as a rationalist. Lately I've been studying Popperian falsification theory and its criticism in a philosophy independent study at my university and accidentally stumbled upon lesswrong.com -- which is like crack for a rationalist. So. Anyone else? Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:04:28 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_75818 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_75818 Princess_Missy I love philosophy and took a philosophy course earlier this year at my school, really enjoying it. I plant to study it in the next couple of years of school. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:24:58 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_78532 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_78532 deadkanon I'm not a philosopher so much as someone who took a philosophy class, once, and occasionally reads interesting papers that come up, but you've got me lurking lesswrong.com for the rest of the afternoon. \o/ Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:35:28 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_85112 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_85112 Tigers Eyes I find philosophy highly interesting, and I read things on it whenever possible, I've done philosophy discussions (thatrapidlyturnedintoarguments) but never and official class... So, hi. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:42:33 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_86018 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_86018 i am the moon I think if you got hooked on LessWrong, that definitely qualifies as having a philosophically-oriented mind. :P I love your icon, by the way. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:11:37 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95262 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95262 i am the moon Hahaha yeah. Kind of difficult for me to have philosophical discussions sometimes, as well. But that's what I love about them. I'm naturally a bit argumentative (not due to close-mindedness, but I think my desire to understand why people reached their conclusions tends to come off that way) -- but luckily, many philosophers are the exact same way. I don't think you need to take a philosophy class to be a philosopher. In the original days (the days of the Greeks, and even the days of the Cambridge philosophers) there weren't any philosophy classes. Philosophy was passed on from one tutor to one student. Reading and carefully criticizing papers can function as that, as can independent studies (which I highly recommend if you ever have the opportunity). I think you learn more this way than you do in a class, in which it can be difficult to differentiate the wheat from the chaff. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:14:36 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95288 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95288 Princess_Missy I agree. I think to be a philosopher (or have a philosophical mind) all you need to do is think about things analytically and question things all the time. I know I do that. You don't have to go to classes to make a fully informed opinion on something. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:02:34 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_130178 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_130178 benedict139 I've read Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Mill, Nietzsche and many others. I find that philosophy on the whole makes one more capable of thinking logically. It also makes one examine one's morality more often which is good. My personal favorite is Plato. But if you are an artist, you may want to consider reading Nietzsche as he is very self-affirming and makes you more creative. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:26:16 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_741771 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_741771 Huscrib Ho Ho... How would one apply rationalism to philosophy itself? Just wondering, because any axioms, starting from "I am," are deduced with logic that makes sense for us, but in which one cannot prove oftentimes...making the mind and how our minds work a type of sense...which cannot be trusted? Dunno. Well anyways, have you always wondered about philosophy, or is it a recent habit? And was the philosophy based on established methods of thoughts, or just big questions about life? Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:59:35 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_855670 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_855670 LordFeanor I'm studying philosophy... I would identify myself more or less as a Thomist. My philosophy is mostly based in St. Thomas Aquinas, which was greatly based in Aristotle. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:50:39 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1014294 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/writing-groups-and-clubs/threads/5260?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1014294