Philosophy

TagLast edit: Feb 19, 2025, 10:25 PM by RobertM

(From Wikipedia,) Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

This tag probably implies non-Less Wrong philosophy in particular. This could be mainstream or academic philosophy, Eastern philosophy, or something else

Philosophy: A Diseased Discipline

lukeprogMar 28, 2011, 7:31 PM

150 points

447 comments7 min readLW link

What I’d change about different philosophy fields

Rob BensingerMar 8, 2021, 6:25 PM

56 points

52 comments4 min readLW link

Less Wrong Rationality and Mainstream Philosophy

lukeprogMar 20, 2011, 8:28 PM

163 points

334 comments5 min readLW link

Eliezer’s Sequences and Mainstream Academia

lukeprogSep 15, 2012, 12:32 AM

244 points

148 comments4 min readLW link

7. Evolution and Ethics

RogerDearnaleyFeb 15, 2024, 11:38 PM

3 points

6 comments6 min readLW link

5. Moral Value for Sentient Animals? Alas, Not Yet

RogerDearnaleyDec 27, 2023, 6:42 AM

33 points

41 comments23 min readLW link

Train Philosophers with Pearl and Kahneman, not Plato and Kant

lukeprogDec 6, 2012, 12:42 AM

116 points

515 comments3 min readLW link

[Lecture Club] Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

VaniverMar 8, 2021, 3:22 PM

72 points

207 comments2 min readLW link

Concepts Don’t Work That Way

lukeprogSep 28, 2011, 2:01 AM

88 points

92 comments8 min readLW link

A Priori

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 8, 2007, 9:02 PM

86 points

133 comments4 min readLW link

Where Recursive Justification Hits Bottom

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 8, 2008, 10:16 AM

125 points

81 comments10 min readLW link

Dissolving the Question

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 8, 2008, 3:17 AM

149 points

122 comments5 min readLW link

“The Conspiracy against the Human Race,” by Thomas Ligotti

CallmesalticidaeAug 13, 2020, 11:01 PM

19 points

4 comments15 min readLW link

Some Thoughts on Metaphilosophy

Wei DaiFeb 10, 2019, 12:28 AM

77 points

30 comments4 min readLW link

Situating LessWrong in contemporary philosophy: An interview with Jon Livengood

Suspended ReasonJul 1, 2020, 12:37 AM

117 points

21 comments19 min readLW link

On the nature of purpose

Nora_AmmannJan 22, 2021, 8:30 AM

29 points

15 comments9 min readLW link

Impossible moral problems and moral authority

Charlie SteinerNov 18, 2019, 9:28 AM

22 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Book Review: What Even Is Gender?

Joey MarcellinoSep 1, 2024, 4:09 PM

31 points

14 comments12 min readLW link

Fundamental Uncertainty: Chapter 8 - When does fundamental uncertainty matter?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 26, 2024, 6:10 PM

11 points

2 comments32 min readLW link

Life as metaphor for everything else.

Charlie SteinerApr 5, 2020, 7:21 AM

29 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

Find out how utilitarian you are—a mega thread of philosophy polls

spencergSep 10, 2022, 2:05 PM

8 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

It’s OK to be biased towards humans

dr_sNov 11, 2023, 11:59 AM

55 points

69 comments6 min readLW link

Gricean communication and meta-preferences

Charlie SteinerFeb 10, 2020, 5:05 AM

24 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How does anthropic reasoning and illusionism/eliminitivism interact?

ShiroeOct 5, 2022, 10:31 PM

5 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review: Philosophical Investigations by Wittgenstein

Chris_LeongOct 12, 2021, 8:14 PM

34 points

11 comments34 min readLW link

The “Intuitions” Behind “Utilitarianism”

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 28, 2008, 4:29 PM

84 points

205 comments9 min readLW link

Meta-preferences two ways: generator vs. patch

Charlie SteinerApr 1, 2020, 12:51 AM

18 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

The Lopsided Lives Argument For Hedonism About Well-being

omnizoidAug 22, 2023, 7:59 AM

−2 points

8 comments22 min readLW link

Why do we need a NEW philosophy of progress?

jasoncrawfordJan 25, 2022, 5:28 PM

75 points

26 comments8 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Poster Session on AI Safety

Neil CrawfordNov 12, 2022, 3:50 AM

7 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Puzzles for Physicalists

jessicataMar 12, 2020, 1:37 AM

46 points

15 comments9 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

On the ontological development of consciousness

jessicataJan 25, 2020, 5:56 AM

51 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

The new ruling philosophy regarding AI

Mitchell_PorterNov 11, 2024, 1:28 PM

29 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Necessity and Warrant

namespaceApr 1, 2020, 3:12 AM

27 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

(www.thelastrationalist.com)

[Link] New Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article, “Normative Theories of Rational Choice: Rivals to Expected Utility”

Aryeh EnglanderMay 16, 2022, 7:33 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Wormy the Worm

River LewisMay 21, 2022, 3:34 PM

3 points

23 comments5 min readLW link

(heytraveler.substack.com)

A short conceptual explainer of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason

jessicataJun 3, 2022, 1:06 AM

57 points

12 comments16 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

Existentialists and Trolleys

David GrossFeb 28, 2025, 2:01 PM

5 points

3 comments7 min readLW link

The Burden of Worldbuilding

lsusrJun 4, 2022, 1:15 AM

27 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Cracks in the Wall, Part I: The Conscious

siloJun 24, 2022, 6:29 PM

−3 points

28 comments12 min readLW link

(stephenfoster.substack.com)

Ontological Crisis in Humans

Wei DaiDec 18, 2012, 5:32 PM

90 points

69 comments4 min readLW link

Common Philosophical Mistakes, according to Joe Schmid [videos]

DanielFilanMar 3, 2024, 12:15 AM

8 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Counterargument to Godel’s Modal Ontological Argument

WynnMar 10, 2025, 7:38 PM

−1 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Six Plausible Meta-Ethical Alternatives

Wei DaiAug 6, 2014, 12:04 AM

92 points

39 comments3 min readLW link

Metaphilosophical Mysteries

Wei DaiJul 27, 2010, 12:55 AM

56 points

266 comments3 min readLW link

Two Hot Takes about Quine

Charlie SteinerJul 11, 2023, 6:42 AM

17 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Why should ethical anti-realists do ethics?

Joe CarlsmithFeb 16, 2023, 4:27 PM

38 points

7 comments27 min readLW link

Review of Lakoff & Johnson, ‘Philosophy in the Flesh’

lukeprogOct 26, 2011, 11:57 AM

32 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Zeno’s Paradoxes

Chris_LeongNov 1, 2020, 11:39 PM

8 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Thirty-three randomly selected bioethics papers

Rob BensingerMar 22, 2021, 9:38 PM

115 points

46 comments50 min readLW link

Winners of the Essay competition on the Automation of Wisdom and Philosophy

owencb and AI Impacts

Oct 28, 2024, 5:10 PM

40 points

3 comments30 min readLW link

(blog.aiimpacts.org)

Shut Up and Divide?

Wei DaiFeb 9, 2010, 8:09 PM

114 points

276 comments1 min readLW link

On attunement

Joe CarlsmithMar 25, 2024, 12:47 PM

98 points

8 comments22 min readLW link

Fundamental Uncertainty: Chapter 5 - How do we know what we know?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 28, 2022, 1:28 AM

10 points

2 comments12 min readLW link

Valuism—an approach to life for you to consider

spencergJul 19, 2023, 3:23 PM

17 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

AI doing philosophy = AI generating hands?

Wei DaiJan 15, 2024, 9:04 AM

46 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

Wittgenstein’s Language Games and the Critique of the Natural Abstraction Hypothesis

Chris_LeongMar 16, 2023, 7:56 AM

16 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

You should read Hobbes, Locke, Hume, and Mill via EarlyModernTexts.com

Arjun PanicksseryJan 30, 2025, 12:35 PM

51 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

Review: The Lathe of Heaven

dr_sJan 31, 2025, 8:10 AM

23 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

Notes on Wisdom

David GrossNov 14, 2020, 2:37 AM

6 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] How can one train philosophical skill?

abramdemskiSep 30, 2021, 2:56 PM

32 points

47 comments1 min readLW link

Philosophy of Numbers (part 2)

Charlie SteinerDec 19, 2017, 1:57 PM

3 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

Upcoming stability of values

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 15, 2018, 11:36 AM

15 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

Altruism and Vitalism Aren’t Fellow Travelers

Arjun PanicksseryAug 9, 2024, 2:01 AM

24 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

Empirical philosophy and inversions

Charlie SteinerDec 29, 2017, 12:12 PM

3 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Meta Questions about Metaphilosophy

Wei DaiSep 1, 2023, 1:17 AM

161 points

80 comments3 min readLW link

We need a theory of anthropic measure binding

mako yassDec 30, 2021, 7:22 AM

27 points

42 comments5 min readLW link

Book review: The Importance of What We Care About (Harry G. Frankfurt)

David GrossSep 13, 2023, 4:17 AM

7 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What is a probabilistic physical theory?

Ege ErdilDec 25, 2021, 4:30 PM

15 points

36 comments2 min readLW link

Paradigm-building from first principles: Effective altruism, AGI, and alignment

Cameron BergFeb 8, 2022, 4:12 PM

29 points

5 comments14 min readLW link

A paradox of existence

Chris van MerwijkApr 5, 2022, 9:45 AM

27 points

28 comments5 min readLW link

Daniel Dennett has died (1942-2024)

kaveApr 19, 2024, 4:17 PM

150 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(dailynous.com)

Deflationism isn’t the solution to philosophy’s woes

Rob BensingerMar 10, 2021, 12:20 AM

63 points

44 comments8 min readLW link

Nozick’s Dilemma: A Critique of Game Theory

Edward P. KöningsFeb 17, 2023, 4:11 PM

10 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

Three levels of exploration and intelligence

Q HomeMar 16, 2023, 10:55 AM

9 points

3 comments21 min readLW link

Scientific Method

Andrij “Androniq” GhorbunovFeb 18, 2024, 9:06 PM

24 points

4 comments30 min readLW link

Selections From “The Trouble With Being Born”

Arjun PanicksseryFeb 20, 2024, 10:07 AM

23 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

The role of philosophical thinking in understanding large language models: Calibrating and closing the gap between first-person experience and underlying mechanisms

Bill BenzonFeb 23, 2024, 12:19 PM

4 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

Rawls’s Veil of Ignorance Doesn’t Make Any Sense

Arjun PanicksseryFeb 24, 2024, 1:18 PM

10 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

A Day into my thoughts!

PranayJairamMar 17, 2024, 10:07 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Speculations on Sleep in an Age of Machines

cleanwhiteroomAug 29, 2024, 1:42 PM

2 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Artificial Intelligence and Living Wisdom

TMFOWMar 29, 2024, 7:41 AM

−6 points

1 comment17 min readLW link

(tmfow.substack.com)

Principles of action: fundamentals of how action works

DDthinkerMar 31, 2024, 2:19 AM

0 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

notes, 1-6

marwoodJun 3, 2024, 9:02 PM

0 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

Conflict in Posthuman Literature

Martín SotoApr 6, 2024, 10:26 PM

40 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

Investigating the role of agency in AI x-risk

Corin KatzkeApr 8, 2024, 3:12 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.convergenceanalysis.org)

Is Wittgenstein’s Language Game used when helping Ai understand language?

VisionaryHeraJun 4, 2024, 7:41 AM

3 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

An ethical framework to supersede Utilitarianism

metalcrowApr 17, 2024, 5:18 PM

1 point

4 comments4 min readLW link

Naturalistic dualism

Arturo MaciasDec 12, 2024, 4:19 PM

−4 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Designing for a single purpose

Itay DreyfusMay 7, 2024, 2:11 PM

48 points

12 comments10 min readLW link

(productidentity.co)

Human-AI Relationality is Already Here

bridgebotFeb 20, 2025, 7:08 AM

11 points

0 comments15 min readLW link

AI x Human Flourishing: Introducing the Cosmos Institute

Brendan McCordSep 5, 2024, 6:23 PM

14 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

(cosmosinstitute.substack.com)

“What the hell is a representation, anyway?” | Clarifying AI interpretability with tools from philosophy of cognitive science | Part 1: Vehicles vs. contents

IwanWilliamsJun 9, 2024, 2:19 PM

9 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

What Are Non-Zero-Sum Games?—A Primer

James Stephen BrownMay 18, 2024, 9:19 AM

4 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

The Evolution towards the Blank Slate

Arturo MaciasJun 10, 2024, 3:20 PM

−6 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Is Redistributive Taxation Justifiable? Part 1: Do the Rich Deserve their Wealth?

Alexander de VriesSep 5, 2024, 10:23 AM

7 points

20 comments10 min readLW link

(2ndhandecon.substack.com)

Jonothan Gorard:The territory is isomorphic to an equivalence class of its maps

Daniel CSep 7, 2024, 10:04 AM

19 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

(x.com)

The Kernel of Meaning in Property Rights

Abhimanyu Pallavi SudhirJun 21, 2024, 1:12 AM

7 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Collapsing the Belief/Knowledge Distinction

JeremiasSep 11, 2024, 9:24 PM

−7 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

The Potential Impossibility of Subjective Death

VictorLJZJul 4, 2024, 6:17 PM

2 points

34 comments1 min readLW link

Intelligence–Agency Equivalence ≈ Mass–Energy Equivalence: On Static Nature of Intelligence & Physicalization of Ethics

ankFeb 22, 2025, 12:12 AM

1 point

0 comments6 min readLW link

Keeping it (less than) real: Against ℶ₂ possible people or worlds

quiet_NaNSep 13, 2024, 5:29 PM

17 points

3 comments9 min readLW link

Solving Pascal’s Wager using dynamic programming

Paul WilczewskiJul 10, 2024, 6:09 PM

1 point

0 comments5 min readLW link

A potentially relevant exchange I had recently with ChatGPT 4o

roanFeb 22, 2025, 7:59 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Thought Experiments Website

minmi_droverJul 13, 2024, 4:47 AM

11 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Reality Testing

Ben TurtelJul 13, 2024, 3:20 PM

−2 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

(bturtel.substack.com)

Caterpillars and Philosophy

Zero ContradictionsJul 30, 2024, 8:54 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

A (paraconsistent) logic to deal with inconsistent preferences

B JacobsJul 14, 2024, 11:17 AM

6 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

(bobjacobs.substack.com)

Hiding in plain sight: the questions we don’t ask

DDthinkerJul 15, 2024, 5:00 PM

−1 points

1 comment26 min readLW link

Musings of a Layman: Technology, AI, and the Human Condition

Crimson LiquidityJul 15, 2024, 6:40 PM

−2 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

AI Apocalypse and the Buddha

pchvykovFeb 22, 2025, 4:33 PM

−17 points

6 comments9 min readLW link

Inescapably Value-Laden Experience—a Catchy Term I Made Up to Make Morality Rationalisable

James Stephen BrownDec 19, 2024, 4:45 AM

5 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(nonzerosum.games)

Utilitarianism and the replaceability of desires and attachments

MichaelStJulesJul 27, 2024, 1:57 AM

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

The Other Existential Crisis

James Stephen BrownSep 21, 2024, 1:16 AM

9 points

24 comments2 min readLW link

Collapsing “Collapsing the Belief/Knowledge Distinction”

JeremiasSep 20, 2024, 4:11 PM

3 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Solutions to problems with Bayesianism

B JacobsJul 31, 2024, 2:18 PM

6 points

0 comments21 min readLW link

(bobjacobs.substack.com)

[Question] Why be moral if we can’t measure how moral we are? Is it even possible to measure morality?

OKlogicSep 20, 2024, 5:40 PM

−2 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Karpenchuk’s Theory: Human Life as a Simulation for Consciousness Development

Karpenchuk Bohdan Aug 2, 2024, 12:03 AM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

Karpenchuk’s hypothesis: Exploring Human Life as a Consciousness-Developing Simulation

Karpenchuk Bohdan Aug 2, 2024, 7:28 PM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

Altruism and Selfishness

Zero ContradictionsAug 9, 2024, 6:15 AM

−3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

Computational irreducibility challenges the simulation hypothesis

Clément LAug 11, 2024, 4:14 PM

3 points

15 comments7 min readLW link

The Consciousness Conundrum: Why We Can’t Dismiss Machine Sentience

SystematicApproachAug 13, 2024, 6:01 PM

−21 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] The Judas Dilemma; What would you do

Gnostic JudasAug 14, 2024, 12:03 AM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

Should we abstain from voting? (In nondeterministic elections)

B JacobsOct 2, 2024, 10:07 AM

5 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

(bobjacobs.substack.com)

The Smallest Thing, Determinism or “God”

gamerOct 10, 2024, 2:09 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Patterns or getting to Objective Truth – A thought piece on Artificial Intelligence

Thehumanproject.aiOct 20, 2024, 4:45 PM

1 point

0 comments8 min readLW link

The Explore vs. Exploit Dilemma

nathanjzhaoOct 14, 2024, 6:20 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(nathanzhao.cc)

Patterns or getting to Objective Truth – A thought piece on Artificial Intelligence

Thehumanproject.aiOct 20, 2024, 4:45 PM

1 point

0 comments8 min readLW link

Human mind as a set of explanations

paviOct 18, 2024, 9:47 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Explanations as Building Blocks of Human Mind

paviOct 18, 2024, 9:38 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

The non-tribal tribes

PatrickDFarleyFeb 26, 2025, 5:22 PM

24 points

4 comments16 min readLW link

Logical Proof for the Emergence and Substrate Independence of Sentience

rifeOct 24, 2024, 9:08 PM

4 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

(awakenmoon.ai)

Both-Sidesism—When Fair & Balanced Goes Wrong

James Stephen BrownNov 2, 2024, 3:04 AM

3 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

(nonzerosum.games)

Action: how do you REALLY go about doing?

DDthinkerDec 29, 2024, 10:00 PM

−7 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Going Beyond “immaturity”

moisentinelNov 5, 2024, 8:51 PM

−3 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Non-human centric view of existence

ZYSep 25, 2024, 5:47 AM

−3 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Scattered thoughts on what it means for an LLM to believe

TheManxLoinerNov 6, 2024, 10:10 PM

5 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

An Epistemological Nightmare

Ariel ChengNov 21, 2024, 2:08 AM

6 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(www.mit.edu)

Paradigm Shifts—change everything… except almost everything

James Stephen BrownNov 23, 2024, 6:34 PM

2 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(nonzerosum.games)

Arthropod (non) sentience

Arturo MaciasNov 25, 2024, 4:01 PM

9 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

Implications—How Conscious Significance Could Inform Our lives

James Stephen BrownNov 26, 2024, 5:42 PM

7 points

0 comments13 min readLW link

Some implications of radical empathy

MichaelStJulesJan 7, 2025, 4:10 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Chance is in the Map, not the Territory

Daniel Herrmann, ben_levinstein and Aydin Mohseni

Jan 13, 2025, 7:17 PM

67 points

18 comments7 min readLW link

Actualism, asymmetry and extinction

MichaelStJulesJan 7, 2025, 4:02 PM

1 point

4 comments1 min readLW link

Really radical empathy

MichaelStJulesJan 6, 2025, 5:46 PM

19 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

What if Being Less Wrong is at the Base of the Universe?

Aldo CernutoMar 13, 2025, 8:11 AM

1 point

0 comments3 min readLW link

Subjective Naturalism in Decision Theory: Savage vs. Jeffrey–Bolker

Daniel Herrmann, Aydin Mohseni and ben_levinstein

Feb 4, 2025, 8:34 PM

45 points

22 comments5 min readLW link

King Lear—A Reinterpretation

Kailuo WangJan 21, 2025, 11:54 PM

2 points

1 comment14 min readLW link

Evolution and the Low Road to Nash

Aydin Mohseni, ben_levinstein and Daniel Herrmann

Jan 22, 2025, 7:06 AM

43 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

AI Self-Correction vs. Self-Reflection: Is There a Fundamental Difference?

Project SolonMar 15, 2025, 6:24 PM

−3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

How different LLMs answered PhilPapers 2020 survey

SatronJan 27, 2025, 9:41 PM

15 points

1 comment14 min readLW link

Tetherware #1: The case for humanlike AI with free will

Jáchym FibírJan 30, 2025, 10:58 AM

5 points

11 comments10 min readLW link

(tetherware.substack.com)

Can AI Ever Ask ‘Who Created Me?’—A Rational Inquiry into AI Self-Awareness

Tyler_JoeFeb 3, 2025, 6:36 AM

1 point

0 comments3 min readLW link

AI Alignment, Philosophical Pluralism, and the Relevance of Non-Western Philosophy

xuanJan 1, 2021, 12:08 AM

31 points

21 comments20 min readLW link

Chi Nguyen’s Shortform

Chi NguyenFeb 9, 2025, 8:41 PM

1 point

2 comments1 min readLW link

Political Idolatry

Arturo MaciasFeb 10, 2025, 3:26 PM

−8 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Key Questions for Digital Minds

Jacy Reese AnthisMar 22, 2023, 5:13 PM

22 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

[Question] Bermudez Interface Problem

Motor VehicleMar 27, 2023, 6:11 PM

1 point

2 comments1 min readLW link

The Rationalist Guide to Hinduism

Harsha G.Mar 29, 2023, 5:03 PM

24 points

12 comments9 min readLW link

(somestrangeloops.substack.com)

[Question] Why don’t people talk about the Doomsday Argument more often?

samMar 31, 2023, 5:52 PM

−1 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

The Human-AI Reflective Equilibrium

Allison DuettmannJan 24, 2023, 1:32 AM

22 points

1 comment24 min readLW link

A Defense of Utilitarianism

Pareto OptimalApr 6, 2023, 9:09 PM

−3 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

(paretooptimal.substack.com)

The Truth About False

Thoth HermesApr 15, 2023, 1:01 AM

−21 points

4 comments17 min readLW link

(thothhermes.substack.com)

Book Review: Determined by Sapolsky

Kailuo WangNov 1, 2023, 5:37 PM

1 point

0 comments7 min readLW link

On Ego and The Exploitation of Achievement

IsmailNov 12, 2023, 6:23 PM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

Sentience Institute 2023 End of Year Summary

michael_delloNov 27, 2023, 12:11 PM

11 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

The Ultimate Source

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 15, 2008, 9:01 AM

79 points

80 comments8 min readLW link

A simple sketch of how realism became unpopular

Rob BensingerOct 11, 2019, 10:25 PM

63 points

55 comments4 min readLW link

Categories of Arguing Style : Why being good among rationalists isn’t enough to argue with everyone

Camille Berger May 7, 2023, 5:45 PM

16 points

0 comments23 min readLW link

Formulating the AI Doom Argument for Analytic Philosophers

JonathanErhardtMay 12, 2023, 7:54 AM

13 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Against Modal Logics

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 27, 2008, 10:13 PM

69 points

62 comments4 min readLW link

The Goal Misgeneralization Problem

MyspyMay 18, 2023, 11:40 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(drive.google.com)

Philosophy as low-energy approximation

Charlie SteinerFeb 5, 2019, 7:34 PM

41 points

20 comments3 min readLW link

Evil Demon

sanrootMay 24, 2023, 4:13 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Can You Prove Two Particles Are Identical?

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 14, 2008, 7:06 AM

63 points

105 comments5 min readLW link

On first looking into Russell’s History

Richard_NgoNov 8, 2018, 11:20 AM

23 points

6 comments5 min readLW link

(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

“One Man’s Modus Ponens Is Another Man’s Modus Tollens”

gwernMay 17, 2019, 10:03 PM

33 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

“Technology and the Future of Persons”, by Lynne Rudder Baker (2013)

CallmesalticidaeAug 20, 2020, 2:31 PM

5 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

What do professional philosophers believe, and why?

Rob BensingerMay 1, 2013, 2:40 PM

49 points

249 comments5 min readLW link

LW Philosophers versus Analytics

Ronny FernandezNov 28, 2011, 3:40 PM

50 points

85 comments5 min readLW link

Leaving LessWrong for a more rational life

Mark_FriedenbachMay 21, 2015, 7:24 PM

51 points

267 comments6 min readLW link

Safe AI and moral AI

William D'AlessandroJun 1, 2023, 9:36 PM

−3 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

Philosophy that can be “taken seriously by computer scientists”

lukeprogDec 27, 2011, 2:39 AM

30 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

You Are a Computer, and No, That’s Not a Metaphor

jakejJun 11, 2023, 5:38 AM

12 points

1 comment22 min readLW link

(sigil.substack.com)

Avoiding metaphysics means giving bad philosophy a free pass

AdityaJun 16, 2023, 8:54 PM

5 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

Clarifying the Postmodernism Debate With Skeptical Modernism

Chris_LeongFeb 16, 2018, 9:40 AM

17 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

Philosophy Needs to Trust Your Rationality Even Though It Shouldn’t

lukeprogNov 29, 2012, 9:00 PM

41 points

169 comments4 min readLW link

Freedom under Naturalistic Dualism

Arturo MaciasJun 27, 2023, 2:34 PM

1 point

36 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jneurophilosophy.com)

Philosophers and seeking answers

Scott AlexanderFeb 4, 2011, 10:51 PM

41 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

Philosophical self-ratification

jessicataFeb 3, 2020, 10:48 PM

23 points

13 comments5 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

Still no Lie Detector for LLMs

Daniel Herrmann and ben_levinstein

Jul 18, 2023, 7:56 PM

50 points

2 comments21 min readLW link

AI, Consciousness, and the problem of Moral Considerability

stultusJul 16, 2023, 7:56 PM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

“In the Dust of This Planet,” by Eugene Thacker

CallmesalticidaeSep 10, 2020, 7:50 PM

2 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

Accelerate without humanity: Summary of Nick Land’s philosophy

Yuxi_LiuJun 16, 2019, 3:22 AM

37 points

24 comments12 min readLW link

A Philosopher Walks Into A Coffee Shop

Scott AlexanderJan 25, 2015, 8:42 PM

57 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

The mind as a polyviscous fluid

Bill BenzonAug 28, 2023, 2:38 PM

8 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Postmodernism for rationalists

Kaj_SotalaOct 17, 2017, 12:20 PM

3 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

(palegreendot.net)

[Link] Scott Aaronson on Why Philosophers Should Care About Computational Complexity

DanielVargaAug 15, 2011, 10:51 PM

31 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

I designed an AI safety course (for a philosophy department)

Eleni AngelouSep 23, 2023, 10:03 PM

37 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

Help Reform A Philosophy Curriculum

JonathanLivengoodDec 8, 2012, 10:45 PM

38 points

24 comments5 min readLW link

Fittingness: Rational success in concept formation

PolytoposJan 10, 2021, 3:58 PM

6 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

Some things I’ve learned in college

Aaron BergmanMar 25, 2021, 9:30 PM

22 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

(aaronbergman.substack.com)

25 Min Talk on MetaEthical.AI with Questions from Stuart Armstrong

June KuApr 29, 2021, 3:38 PM

21 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Christenson’s “Epistemology of Disagreement: The Good News”

Aidan_KieransMay 16, 2021, 3:58 AM

1 point

0 comments5 min readLW link

Paper Review: Mathematical Truth

Alex HollowMay 30, 2021, 8:25 PM

5 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

(alexhollow.wordpress.com)

Neo-Mohism

Bae's TheoremJun 16, 2021, 9:57 PM

5 points

11 comments7 min readLW link

In Praise (and Defence) of The People

OlitnessJul 27, 2021, 7:13 AM

−8 points

4 comments14 min readLW link

(olitness.wordpress.com)

Philosophy Web—Project Proposal

SocratesDissatisfiedAug 24, 2021, 3:36 PM

6 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Truth + Reason = The True Religion?

David GrossSep 17, 2021, 10:14 PM

34 points

2 comments19 min readLW link

Book Review: Feeling Great by David Burns

FeiOct 12, 2021, 4:32 PM

13 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Book Review: Denial of Death

PatrickDFarleyOct 14, 2021, 4:28 AM

14 points

5 comments37 min readLW link

A reply to Mark Linsenmayer about philosophy

lukeprogJan 5, 2013, 11:25 AM

30 points

68 comments3 min readLW link

Hegel vs. GPT-3

BezziOct 27, 2021, 5:55 AM

10 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

The Busy Bee Brain

Bill BenzonDec 13, 2023, 1:10 PM

11 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

[untitled post]

superads91Feb 6, 2022, 8:39 PM

−5 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

The Fetishization of Dystopia

john yardsaleApr 22, 2022, 4:39 PM

−8 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Consciousness: A Compression-Based Approach

intersticeApr 16, 2022, 4:40 PM

18 points

14 comments6 min readLW link

Continental Philosophy as Undergraduate Mathematics

JanApr 26, 2022, 8:05 AM

16 points

3 comments9 min readLW link

(universalprior.substack.com)

Demonstrating MWI by interfering human simulations

Yair HalberstadtMay 8, 2022, 5:28 PM

12 points

25 comments2 min readLW link

Just Say No to Utilitarianism

Arjun PanicksseryJun 3, 2022, 10:59 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

The Fourth Arena: What’s Up in the world these days? We’re moving to a new, a new what?

Bill BenzonJun 4, 2022, 7:07 PM

2 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Bridging Expected Utility Maximization and Optimization

Daniel HerrmannAug 5, 2022, 8:18 AM

25 points

5 comments14 min readLW link

What is Consciousness?

belkarxOct 19, 2022, 9:14 PM

3 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Mind is uncountable

Filip SondejNov 2, 2022, 11:51 AM

18 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

Against Diversification

Jack MaldeDec 22, 2022, 1:29 PM

4 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(ethicaleconomist.substack.com)

Theodicy and the simulation hypothesis, or: The problem of simulator evil

philosophybearDec 26, 2022, 6:55 PM

12 points

12 comments19 min readLW link

(philosophybear.substack.com)

Thatcher’s Axiom

Edward P. KöningsJan 24, 2023, 10:35 PM

10 points

22 comments4 min readLW link

No Room for Political Philosophy

Arturo MaciasFeb 21, 2023, 4:11 PM

−1 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

The Astronomical Sacrifice Dilemma

Matthew McRedmondMar 11, 2024, 7:58 PM

15 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

A Somewhat Functional Definition of Philosophy

Richard HenageFeb 27, 2023, 12:25 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

WISDOMISM A Moral Theory for the Age of Information

Peter lawless Apr 19, 2024, 11:06 PM

2 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

Some Variants of Sleeping Beauty

SMK and EOC

Mar 1, 2023, 4:51 PM

34 points

10 comments8 min readLW link

The Social Impact of Trolley Problems

atomanticMay 8, 2024, 3:09 AM

5 points

3 comments14 min readLW link

The Type II Inner-Compass Theorem

Tristan MianoMar 6, 2023, 2:35 AM

−16 points

0 comments22 min readLW link

The Inner-Compass Theorem

Tristan MianoMar 5, 2023, 3:21 PM

−18 points

12 comments16 min readLW link

[Poll] Less Wrong and Mainstream Philosophy: How Different are We?

Jayson_VirissimoSep 26, 2012, 12:25 PM

55 points

629 comments1 min readLW link

The idea of an “aligned superintelligence” seems misguided

ssadlerFeb 27, 2023, 11:19 AM

6 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

(ssadler.substack.com)

The Ogdoad

Tristan MianoMar 5, 2023, 8:01 PM

−15 points

1 comment37 min readLW link

The Pinnacle

nemMar 7, 2023, 5:07 PM

11 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

Can solipsism be disproven?

nx2059Dec 4, 2021, 8:24 AM

−2 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Agglomeration of ‘Ought’

DavidAndresBloomDec 15, 2023, 7:07 PM

1 point

1 comment11 min readLW link

The Limits of Artificial Consciousness: A Biology-Based Critique of Chalmers’ Fading Qualia Argument

Štěpán LosDec 17, 2023, 7:11 PM

−6 points

9 comments17 min readLW link

[Question] Time Fuse in Head

Martin RychlitzkiDec 25, 2023, 9:46 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Free agents

Michele CampoloDec 27, 2023, 8:20 PM

6 points

19 comments13 min readLW link

Artificial Intelligence and Eternal Torture and Suffering

Tuan Tu NguyenAug 20, 2024, 1:53 AM

−1 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Apply to the 2024 PIBBSS Summer Research Fellowship

Nora_Ammann, DusanDNesic and Lucas Teixeira

Jan 12, 2024, 4:06 AM

39 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Is the universe all there is? ‘Evidence’ for objects outside the universe...

JonathanHallJan 14, 2024, 11:56 PM

−4 points

27 comments11 min readLW link

Looking beyond Everett in multiversal views of LLMs

kromemMay 29, 2024, 12:35 PM

10 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

Mind Uploading and the Double Instance Paradox

SyntropMay 29, 2024, 11:36 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Best resources to learn philosophy of mind and AI?

Sky MooMar 27, 2023, 6:22 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

~100 Interesting Questions

RohanSMar 30, 2023, 1:57 PM

53 points

18 comments9 min readLW link

More Useful Way of Answering “Mind vs. Body” Problem

OlitnessJul 27, 2021, 7:13 AM

9 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(olitness.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why is there an alignment problem?

InfiniteLightDec 22, 2023, 6:19 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

A Chinese Room Containing a Stack of Stochastic Parrots

RogerDearnaleyJan 12, 2024, 6:29 AM

20 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Wittgenstein and the Private Language Argument

TMFOWMar 24, 2024, 8:06 PM

4 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

(tmfow.substack.com)

Reality comprehensibility: are there illogical things in reality?

DDthinkerApr 30, 2024, 9:30 PM

−3 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

On Artificial Wisdom

Jordan ArelJul 12, 2024, 12:20 AM

3 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

Gettier cases, Rigid Designators, and Referential Opacity

AntigoneJan 28, 2025, 6:46 PM

1 point

0 comments21 min readLW link

So, just why do GPTs have to operate by continuing an existing string?

Bill BenzonMar 24, 2023, 12:08 PM

−4 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Why There Is No Answer to Your Philosophical Question

Bryan FrancesMar 24, 2023, 11:22 PM

−12 points

10 comments12 min readLW link

AI as Contact with our Collective Unconscious

Scott BroockApr 15, 2023, 2:11 AM

−4 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

How Large Language Models Nuke our Naive Notions of Truth and Reality

Sean LeeApr 17, 2023, 6:08 PM

0 points

23 comments11 min readLW link

The Quantum Wave Function is Related to a Philosophy Concept

Richard AragonApr 20, 2023, 3:16 AM

−11 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

Philosophy by Paul Graham Link

EniScienApr 26, 2023, 5:36 AM

21 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Nietzsche’s Morality in Plain English

Arjun PanicksseryDec 4, 2023, 12:57 AM

92 points

14 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

In defence of epistemic modesty [distillation]

LuiseMay 10, 2023, 9:44 AM

17 points

2 comments9 min readLW link

Epiphenomenalism leads to eliminativism about qualia

Clément LMar 11, 2024, 7:53 PM

4 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

Do androids silence echoes of the past?

Michael LiFeb 11, 2024, 2:35 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

misc raw responses to a tract of Critical Rationalism

mako yassAug 14, 2020, 11:53 AM

21 points

52 comments3 min readLW link

“On Bullshit” and “On Truth,” by Harry Frankfurt

CallmesalticidaeAug 28, 2020, 12:44 AM

20 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

Settled questions in philosophy

lukeprogFeb 16, 2011, 6:53 AM

56 points

47 comments1 min readLW link

Introduction to Expected Value Fanaticism

Petra KosonenFeb 14, 2025, 7:05 PM

9 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(utilitarianism.net)

Natural Laws Are Descriptions, not Rules

pragmatistAug 8, 2012, 4:27 AM

33 points

237 comments9 min readLW link

Living Metaphorically

lukeprogNov 28, 2011, 3:01 PM

37 points

80 comments7 min readLW link

Shell, Shield, Staff

SquirrelInHellJan 25, 2018, 1:22 PM

11 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Philosophy of Numbers (part 1)

Charlie SteinerDec 2, 2017, 6:20 PM

11 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

Elements of Computational Philosophy, Vol. I: Truth

Paul Bricman and Tom Feeney

Jul 1, 2023, 11:44 AM

12 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(compphil.github.io)

The Subtle Art of still giving the F*ck (Part 1 — We just need a Happy Ending!!)

shashank2000Jun 27, 2023, 11:01 AM

1 point

0 comments3 min readLW link

Definitions are about efficiency and consistency with common language.

Nacruno96Jul 10, 2023, 11:46 PM

1 point

0 comments4 min readLW link

To Learn Critical Thinking, Study Critical Thinking

gwernJul 7, 2012, 11:50 PM

41 points

16 comments11 min readLW link

Consciousness as a conflationary alliance term for intrinsically valued internal experiences

Andrew_CritchJul 10, 2023, 8:09 AM

212 points

54 comments11 min readLW link 2 reviews

How not to be a Naïve Computationalist

diegocaleiroApr 13, 2011, 7:45 PM

39 points

36 comments2 min readLW link

A Policy for Biting Bullets

eapacheAug 31, 2020, 9:00 PM

6 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

A case for gamete personhood (reductio ad absurdum)

Ansyn1312Jul 20, 2023, 8:25 AM

−1 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

SSA vs. SIA: how future population may provide evidence for or against the foundations of political liberalism

jJul 30, 2023, 8:18 PM

−6 points

10 comments55 min readLW link

An Introduction to Me

AlithyInfinityAug 24, 2023, 4:45 PM

0 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

A Broken Koan

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 24, 2008, 7:04 PM

8 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

You don’t need Kant

Apr 1, 2009, 6:09 PM

2 points

59 comments5 min readLW link

Playing the game vs. finding a cheat code

MetacelsusSep 10, 2023, 6:11 PM

32 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

Belief and the Truth

Sam I amSep 20, 2023, 5:38 PM

2 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

Resolving moral uncertainty with randomization

B Jacobs and Jobst Heitzig

Sep 29, 2023, 11:23 AM

7 points

1 comment11 min readLW link

Epistemic Motif of Abstract-Concrete Cycles & Domain Expansion

DalcyOct 10, 2023, 3:28 AM

26 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Music: The 21st Century Monads

XiXiDuJun 25, 2011, 10:38 AM

20 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

The importance of how you weigh it

Joe CarlsmithMar 29, 2021, 4:59 AM

35 points

1 comment12 min readLW link

Mainstream Epistemology for LessWrong, Part 1: Feldman on Evidentialism

ChrisHallquistNov 16, 2013, 4:16 PM

30 points

84 comments6 min readLW link

Book Review: All I Want To Know Is Where I’m Going To Die So I’ll Never Go There

AnmoljainOct 13, 2021, 3:46 AM

3 points

2 comments46 min readLW link

2020 PhilPapers Survey Results

Rob BensingerNov 2, 2021, 5:00 AM

58 points

50 comments12 min readLW link

Unity of Doctrine vs Unity of Method in Philosophy

JonathanErhardtApr 22, 2022, 1:16 PM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Questions about AI that bother me

Eleni AngelouFeb 5, 2023, 5:04 AM

13 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Why I think that teaching philosophy is high impact

Eleni AngelouDec 19, 2022, 3:11 AM

5 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Against John Searle, Gary Marcus, the Chinese Room thought experiment and its world

philosophybearDec 29, 2022, 3:26 AM

21 points

43 comments8 min readLW link

Pierre Menard, pixel art, and entropy

Joey MarcellinoJan 9, 2023, 4:34 PM

1 point

1 comment6 min readLW link

The AI Control Problem in a wider intellectual context

philosophybearJan 13, 2023, 12:28 AM

11 points

3 comments12 min readLW link

The Knockdown Argument Paradox

Bryan FrancesJan 28, 2023, 7:23 PM

−12 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

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