A sequence by lukeprog examining the implications of rationality and cognitive science for philosophical method.
Less Wrong Rationality and Mainstream Philosophy
Philosophy: A Diseased Discipline
How You Make Judgments: The Elephant and its Rider
Your Evolved Intuitions
Intuition and Unconscious Learning
When Intuitions Are Useful
Philosophy by Humans, 1: Concepts Don’t Work That Way
Philosophy by Humans, 2: Living Metaphorically
Philosophy by Humans, 3: Intuitions Aren’t Shared That Way
Philosophy Needs to Trust Your Rationality Even Though It Shouldn’t
Train Philosophers With Pearl and Kahneman, not Plato and Kant
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