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The Self Compass

18 August, 202218 August, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 7 Comments

Four classes of forces shape our selves, which do we think of as the most important? It varies, and if we miss this we have a hard time properly understanding what others are saying. Read more (11 min, 2800 words).

Fantasia for Two Voices

17 November, 202017 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 12 Comments

A dialog on how everything is. Read more (6 min, 1600 words).

Cat Couplings

30 October, 20196 May, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 15 Comments

"I prefer honest argumentation to dishonest rhetoric." Do I mean that rhetoric is essentially dishonest, or am I talking about the kind of rhetoric that's dishonest? That's a cat coupling. Read more (7 min, 1800 words).

Six Kinds of Reading

12 March, 201817 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 7 Comments

"The Elephant in the Brain" had an interesting effect on me, which made me think up a typology of ways reading can change the structure of your mind. Read more (10 min, 2500 words).

Beliefs as Endorsements

23 February, 201817 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 1 Comment

If all claims are mixtures of "is" and "ought", what does it mean to "believe" them? In practice it comes to mean endorsing models, while emphasizing the "is" aspect (and downplaying the "ought") for rhetorical purposes. Unfortunately this ruins the word for neutral, non-rhetorical use. Read more (8 min, 1900 words).

Wordy Weapons of Is-Ought Alloy

12 February, 201817 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 3 Comments

Our words' relationship to reality is far more complicated than we realize. Thus, when we say things we think we state facts but we also endorse certain uses of words. That has consequences, which causes public discourse to become a war zone where we fight for control over our common pool of mental and social equipment. Read more (13 min, 3300 words).

The Signal and the Corrective

19 December, 201717 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 6 Comments

The truth often lies somewhere between two opposing views. But even among people whose opinions are moderate and balanced, it matters a great deal which of the two sides come first and which is simply a moderation of the other. Read more (15 min, 3800 words)

The Nerd as the Norm

7 November, 201717 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 43 Comments

What sort of people would be considered weird if nerdiness was the norm? Read more (14 min, 3400 words)

Erisology of Self and Will, Part 1: Introduction

30 June, 201717 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 2 Comments

An adaptation of my 2009 Bachelor's Thesis in philosophy about how scientific statements about the self and the will are interpreted differently inside and outside science, with dangerous consequences. Part 1 of 7. Read more (4 min, 900 words)

All the World’s a Trading Zone, and All the Languages Merely Pidgins

29 April, 201717 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 2 Comments

I take an article about the mechanics of intercultural communication and extend it, arguing most communication these days could be considered intercultural. Read more (6 min, 1500 words)

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