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Erisology, Round Three

22 November, 201917 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 1 Comment

Third attempt at a relatively user-friendly introduction to what "erisology" means. Read more (10 min, 2600 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 Big List of Existing Things

12 September, 201717 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 13 Comments

We feel there should be a clear answer to the question of whether some thing exists or not. I argue that often there isn't, because follwing our self-contradictory intuitions leads us to weird places. Instead we should interpret talk about what exists as talk about how we best represent the world.
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Conversations Going Critical

6 March, 201617 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ Leave a comment

Sometimes arguments and statements invites responses longer than themselves, often by making more things part of the conversation. So if we want to be thorough when arguing we risk starting a chain reaction that blows up in our faces.
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