A Bridge Essay I. The Pattern in Ten Stories If you've just read The Axiom Engine, you've experienced something unusual: mathematical theorems as lived constraints. The Oracle tried to predict and failed. The Arbiter tried to satisfy all axioms and collapsed. The Wanderer walked freely and discovered necessity. Each story followed the same arc: Confusion … Continue reading From Axiom Engine to Deferential Realism: How Stories Generate Philosophy
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The Axiom Engine: A Phenomenology of Abstract Structures
Prologue We usually treat mathematical structures as things we look at—diagrams on a page, symbols in a line, objects to be manipulated by the intellect. But they are not objects. They are environments. They are the invisible architectures that determine what is possible, what is impossible, and what is necessary. You do not just solve … Continue reading The Axiom Engine: A Phenomenology of Abstract Structures
How to Be a Stoic | RadioWest
"No matter where you live or what culture you live in, the question of how to lead a good life is central. And there is no shortage of answers, from fundamentalist religion to nihilism. For his part, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci has become a Stoic. Stoicism, he says, isn’t about suppressing or hiding emotions. It’s about … Continue reading How to Be a Stoic | RadioWest
Uncle Walt
"To be servile to none, to defer to none, not to any tyrant known or unknown... No fumes, no ennui, no more complaints or scornful criticisms, ...And nothing exterior shall ever take command of me." —Walt Whitman, "A Song of Joys." Leaves of Grass. h/t Daily Stoic.
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