Interesting to hear about your progression. I was about to come in hot with a comment about Existentialism until I saw your first Appendix bullet. But I’ve spent a fair amount of time with existentialist ideas and have found them 1) conceptually fascinating and 2) very helpful as I’ve faced big forks in the road. Maybe it’s because I’ve …
Interesting to hear about your progression. I was about to come in hot with a comment about Existentialism until I saw your first Appendix bullet. But I’ve spent a fair amount of time with existentialist ideas and have found them 1) conceptually fascinating and 2) very helpful as I’ve faced big forks in the road. Maybe it’s because I’ve spent less time with Deutsch / Popper / Analytical thinkers, but I’m currently a quite satisfied philosophy customer
yep, I haven't dug too deep into existentialism but it strikes me as more concerned with practical questions about how to live a good life and less with the abstract metaphysics (which I still think is fun, but I'm wary to spend all my time ruminating on). also I think a lot of buddhist/daoist philosophy, and the various western flavors of it, are also focused on tangible problems people actually face in their lives.
Interesting to hear about your progression. I was about to come in hot with a comment about Existentialism until I saw your first Appendix bullet. But I’ve spent a fair amount of time with existentialist ideas and have found them 1) conceptually fascinating and 2) very helpful as I’ve faced big forks in the road. Maybe it’s because I’ve spent less time with Deutsch / Popper / Analytical thinkers, but I’m currently a quite satisfied philosophy customer
yep, I haven't dug too deep into existentialism but it strikes me as more concerned with practical questions about how to live a good life and less with the abstract metaphysics (which I still think is fun, but I'm wary to spend all my time ruminating on). also I think a lot of buddhist/daoist philosophy, and the various western flavors of it, are also focused on tangible problems people actually face in their lives.