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Tag: thinking/epistemology

Tag: thinking/epistemology

154 items with this tag.

Apr 02, 2026
Thinking & Epistemology
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
ORI idea - Problems are actually already solved
Apr 02, 2026
ORI idea - the universe (you're a cell inside an organism)
Apr 02, 2026
ORI update & open questions, 2025-08-05
Apr 02, 2026
ORI idea - Destigmatise being dumb
Apr 02, 2026
The streetlight effect
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
What makes post-rationalism post-rationalism?
Apr 02, 2026
My model of ORI, 2025-06-23
Apr 02, 2026
Wyrd
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
"What does it mean to be in ORI?" (Open Question)
Apr 02, 2026
The tyranny of the propositional
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Theory of change for how writing your own Socratic dialogues "works"
Apr 02, 2026
Thomas Nagel's 4 types of moral luck
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Transmissionism
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Useful concepts and mental models (parent page)
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Using LLMs
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Vervaeke's 4 Ps of Knowledge
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
What does it mean to be a professional meta-cognitionist?
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
What is the elenchus?
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Why am I publishing stuff semi-privately?
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Why do I dislike my Dad's region of Spain so much?
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Why doesn't transmissionism work?
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Work with the garage door up
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Writing public-facing manifestos, slash showing your thought process, seems powerful
Apr 02, 2026
Writing to explore ideas
Apr 02, 2026
Sasha Chapin post - disagreeableness is a part of sincerity
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Second round of learning from Ward Farnworth's book on the Socratic method
Apr 02, 2026
Self-anthropology
Apr 02, 2026
Setting up Quartz if you already have an Obsidian setup
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Should I follow some of the prescriptions of Bonesaw?
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Should I meditate regularly? (2025-07-20)
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Simone Weil
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Example dialogue, 2025-07-02
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Superprof Philosophy, Ethics tutor
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Superprof tutor lesson 1 (The Fundamental Decision)
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Tactically clever, strategically stupid
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
The Kegan 3 to Kegan 4 transition
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
The elenchus
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
The first half of the elenchus
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
The key themes of this site in 2025
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
The second half of the elenchus
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
The terrible pedagogy of (Michael Kerr's version of) Bowen Family Systems Theory
Apr 02, 2026
Life Reviews
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Week of 14th July 2025
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Week of 21st July 2025
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Making a second Obsidian Vault (and retaining your settings, hotkeys, etc)
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
My goals, values as of January 2025
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Obsidian Guide - Phase 1 - A pretty writing space
Apr 02, 2026
Obsidian Guide - Phase 2 - A slightly more intentional infrastructure
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Obsidian Guide - Phase 3 - Small quality of life things
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Obsidian Publish vs Obsidian & Quartz
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Obsidian hotkeys
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Obsidian third-party plugins
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Old website intro
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Personal values & "rationality" sprint, v2
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Prepping for thinking tutor
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
The case for not associating with the Effective Altruism movement
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
RLC (Rejecting Leaving to Chance)
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
RLC as the Kegan 3 to Kegan 4 transition
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Red-teaming working for Outcapped
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Resisting the urge to switch to logic or rhetoric
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Gilman Equation
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
How can I operate from a place of uncertainty?
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
How does a Quartz + Obsidian vault differ from a normal Obsidian vault?
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
How modern life keeps us unconscious and un-agentic
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
How much better do I really need to get at thinking?
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
How to construct the elenchus
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
How to make a website like this
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
How to think in a rigorous way
Apr 02, 2026
How to use the Socratic method with other people
Apr 02, 2026
I'm overwhelmed! 2025-08-20
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
I'm overwhelmed! 2025-08-28
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
ILC (Implicitly Leaving to Chance)
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Ignoti nulla cupido
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Interpretatio Naturae
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Kegan 3
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Kegan 4
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
July 2025 review
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Learning Twitch Streams
Apr 02, 2026
Progressive iteration of visual notes - Pandemic Action Network examples
Apr 02, 2026
Visual notes are a form of active learning
Apr 02, 2026
🟣 Project - "Are visual notes underrated and poorly understood?"
Apr 02, 2026
Reading fiction to gain non-propositional knowledge
Apr 02, 2026
The Anki FSRS algorithm made me weep (2025-05-30)
Apr 02, 2026
02. Book list re learning how to think
Apr 02, 2026
03. Manifesto - "Why I Should Learn the Socratic Method"
Apr 02, 2026
04. Path to becoming Socratic (AKA, what I don't know yet)
Apr 02, 2026
05. Learning the Socratic method, part 1 → the rationale (WIP)
Apr 02, 2026
06. Learning the Socratic method, part 1 → the rationale
Apr 02, 2026
07. Learning the Socratic method, part 2 → the "how"
Apr 02, 2026
08. Enneagram 3 thinking sins
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
09. I'm not good at the elenchus yet (2025-07-06)
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
10. Why thinking things through is aversive
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
11. Manifesto - "Time to re-assess full-time vs part-time work"
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Alex's Obsidian Guide
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Amusing Ourselves to Death (read 1)
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Anticipatio Mentis
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Aporia
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Ask dumb questions
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Astrology
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Basic "how to make new pages and stuff" Obsidian guide for Simmo
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Care is the number 1 thing
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Circumstantial luck
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Collection and division
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Constitutive luck
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Dealing with overwhelm at work
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Death Ground
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Dialectic and Dialogue - Plato's Practice of Philosophical Inquiry (Gonzalez)
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Digital Garden (Digital Orchard?)
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Espanso
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Examples of thinking in public
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Formal Ontology - books
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Formal Ontology
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
Gemini Socrates - part-time vs full-time work
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
AOC tweet re Andrew Cuomo
Apr 02, 2026
America & Immigration
Apr 02, 2026
Israel & Iran (session 1)
Apr 02, 2026
Israel & Iran (session 2)
Apr 02, 2026
Israel & Iran (session 3)
Apr 02, 2026
Israel & Iran (session 4)
Apr 02, 2026
Israel
Apr 02, 2026
Day 1 of trying to engage people on twitter via alt account
Apr 02, 2026
Anki
Apr 02, 2026
Bottom-up learning
Apr 02, 2026
Fluency
Apr 02, 2026
Gemini Deep Research
Apr 02, 2026
Hermeneutic circle, hermeneutic spiral
Apr 02, 2026
Lemon tree → lemon curd → lemon pie 🍋
Apr 02, 2026
My "make flashcards for me" prompt for AI
Apr 02, 2026
Popperian truth
Apr 02, 2026
Tacit knowledge videos
Apr 02, 2026
The Consume-Create Ratio
Apr 02, 2026
Top-down learning unlocks care (and ego)
Apr 02, 2026
Top-down learning
Apr 02, 2026
Why an Obsidian-based website?
Apr 02, 2026
01. Writing up my own Socratic dialogues
Apr 02, 2026
Collection of voice notes
Apr 02, 2026
"How can I learn effectively?"
Apr 02, 2026
AI walk-and-talks are such a great way to learn (2025-06-01)
Apr 02, 2026
Daily progress updates, streaks
Apr 02, 2026
I love you Gemini Deep Research
Apr 02, 2026
Learning to think the Defender of Basic way
Apr 02, 2026
My learning funnel (2025-05-27)
Apr 02, 2026
My learning journey
Apr 02, 2026
New learning era (?) (2025-06-13)
Apr 02, 2026
Ancient Greece
Apr 02, 2026
"How can I improve my ability to think?" (Parent Page)
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Apr 02, 2026
"Thinking In Public" log 🪵
- thinking
- thinking/epistemology
Mar 14, 2026
Alex and Simmo doing first principles thinking, 2026-03-14
Mar 14, 2026
Claude first principles and "stop start continue optimise"
Mar 13, 2026
Recommended readings from one of my mentors, 2026-03-13
- thinking/learning
- thinking/epistemology
Mar 12, 2026
What do you learn at private school that you don't learn at a state school?
- thinking/learning
- thinking/epistemology
Feb 19, 2026
Poor education, and my decade of tanha, 2026-02-19
Jun 24, 2025
Are visual notes underrated and poorly understood?

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