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Introduction:
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Philosophical Inquiry:
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- PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY
- The Mindset of the Honest Seeker
- Dangers to Honest Inquiry
- Dangers: Unnuanced Conclusions
- Dangers: Siloed Ideologies
- Dangers: Cognitive Biases
- Dangers: Logical Fallacies
- Dangers: Explanatory Depth Illusions
- Dangers: Ideologies of Emotion
- Dangers: Ideologies of Mystery
- Dangers: Untestable Ideologies
- Dangers: Vested Interests
- Dangers: Anti-Intellectualism
- Dangers: Removing the Impossible
- Inscrutability Case Studies
- Dangers: Narrative
- Dangers: Awe as an Indicator
- Dangers: Half-Searches
- Dangers: Strong Leaders
- Dangers: Ontological Buffet
- Dangers: Carrot & Stick
- Dangers: “Transcendent Meaning”
- Dangers: Co-opted Wonders
- Dangers: The Notion of Fate
- Dangers: Gaslighting
- Dangers: Dissipating Promises
- Dangers: Egocentrism
- Dangers: Limits on Doubt
- Dangers: Promissory Treasures
- Seeker Scenarios
- Dangers to Honest Inquiry
- Do I need a “worldview”?
- What is Truth?
- Packaged vs Eclectic Ideologies
- Selective Pressures on Ideologies
- Testing Ideologies
- Appreciating our Insignificance
- How Minds are Changed
- An Intellectually-Enriched and Diverse Environment
- Our View of Humanity
- Philosophical Growth
- The Mindset of the Honest Seeker
Epistemology:
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- EPISTEMOLOGY
- Epistemology — Core Concepts
- What is Epistemology?
- Core & Deep Rationality
- What is Belief?
- What is Faith?
- What is Doubt?
- Absolute Certainty
- Presuppositions?
- Properly Basic Beliefs
- Establishing Cognitive Reliability (#1)
- Establishing Cognitive Reliability (#2)
- Doxastic Voluntarism
- What is Knowledge?
- Types of Reasoning
- The Web of Induction
- What is Evidence?
- What is Bayes Theorem?
- Predictive Power
- Decision-Making
- Recent Issues in Epistemology
Rational Thought:
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- RATIONAL THOUGHT
- What is Rational Thought?
- Fine-Tuned Rationality
- Credencing
- Factual Disagreements vs Semantic Misunderstandings
- Logic
- Avoiding Logical Fallacies
- Assessing Arguments
- Attributions of Causation
- The Professional Application of Rationality
- The Primacy of Emotions
- What is Futurism?
- Life Choices
- The Power of Statistics
- What is “Design Thinking”?
- False Equivalencies
- Detecting Bad Science
- Characteristics of Science Denial
- Where Framing Goes Awry
- Do Rationalists Skew Neurodivergent?
Philosophy of Science:
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- PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
- Philosophy of Science — Core Concepts
- What is Science?
- Scientific “Observations”
- What is “Explanation”?
- Technology Outpaces Theory
- Research Design
- What is Induction?
- What is Deduction?
- Correlation and Causation
- Methodological Naturalism
- What is Parsimony?
- What is Falsifiability?
- The Power of Convergence
- The Power of Thought Experiments
- Life vs Non-Life
- Improving Science
- Emerging Fields in Science
Philosophy of Language:
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- PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
- Philosophy of Language — Core Concepts
- What is Language?
- What is Etymology?
- Semantics: Convention vs Stipulation
- Needless Semantic Complexity
- Linguistic Scaffolding
- Linguistic Abstraction
- Nomological Density of Grammar
- The Power of Analogy
- The Linearity of Language
- Living By Metaphor
- Functional/Aesthetic Languages
- Gradient Concepts and Binary Terms
- Connotative Equivocation
- “Normative”
- Can Words Constitute Violence?
Philosophy of Mind:
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- PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
- Philosophy of Mind — Core Concepts
- Philosophy of Mind Basics
- IQ – Intelligence Quotient
- What is Consciousness?
- Subjectivity Constrained by the Objective
- Functionalism & Subjectivity
- The Chemical Basis of Happiness
- Neuroscience and Philosophy
- Where are our Thoughts?
- Assessing Mind with Mind
- Psychology and Philosophy
- Free Will vs Determinism
- Rationality and Free Will
- Are there Selfless Acts?
- Neurotypical & Neurodivergent Minds
- The Inertia of Comfort
- Knowledge & Cognition Asymmetry
Metaphysics:
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- METAPHYSICS
- Metaphysics – Core Concepts
- What is Metaphysics?
- Ontological Domains
- Dualism vs Materialism
- Whence Logic?
- Minimal Entities to reach Unfalsifiability
- Could Mind be Fundamental?
- Objectively & Subjectively “Real”
- The Beginning of Time
- Explanations
- Establishing the Spiritual
- Emergence
- A Taxonomy of Impossibilities
- Categories of Nihilism
Ethics:
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- ETHICS
- Ethics — Core Concepts
- What are Ethics?
- Competing Ethical Considerations
- Meta-Ethics
- Coherent Moral Systems
- Moral Systems: Required Elements
- “Is” vs “Ought”
- Meta-Ethics Focus #1
- Meta-Ethics Focus #2
- Self-Evident Morality?
- Evidences of Moral Facts
- Conditions for Culpability
- Compassion vs Moral Systems
- Moral Black Boxes
- Recommendations vs Moral Claims
- Essay: Moral Anti-Realism
- No Morality = Chaos?
- The Value Selection Hypothesis
- Fictional Meta-Ethics Debate
- Circularity in Moral Realism
- Torturing Babies
- Assuming Objective Evil
- PAPER: Are Both Chivalry and Morality Merely Human Constructs?
- Divine Command Theory
- Harris’ Notion of Morality
- Equivocation on “Wrong”
- Value & Morality in Diversity?
- Assisted Suicide
- Trolley Problems
- Morality & Human Rights
- A History of Golden Rules
Humanistic Philosophies:
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- HUMANISTIC PHILOSOPHIES
- Personal & Cosmic Meaning
- Are Humans More Egoistic or Altruistic?
- What is Stoicism?
- What is Existentialism?
- What is Religion?
- Do Humans have an Essence?
- Can Humans Change?
- The Legitimacy of Divine Revelation
- Religions
- Anthropomorphized Gods
- Increasing Religious Humility
- Testing Prayer
- Hypostatic Illogic
- “Unpalatable” Religions
- New Manifestations of Theism
Economics:
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- ECONOMICS
- Economics – Core Concepts
- What is Economics?
- Schools of Economic Thought
- Micro/Macro Economics
- Wealth Creation
- Business Risks
- Behavioral Economics
- Economic Complexity
- Economic Stability
- Economic Entitlements
- Economic Comparisons
- Economic Optimism
- The 15-Hour Workweek
- Innovation Attractors
- What are Moral Hazards?
- Fiat Money
- Universal Basic Income
- AI & the Future of Work
Philosophy of AI:
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- PHILOSOPHY OF AI
- Philosophy of AI – Core Concepts
- What is the Philosophy of AI?
- AI Situational Awareness Paper
- AI Knowledge
- AI Fact-Checking
- AI in the Markets
- Synthetic AI Data
- Confidentiality of LLM Weights
- Precision Prompting
- Human Reaction to AI
- AIs in Politics
- AI Meta-Post — Inner Monologues
- AI Meta-Post — Pushback
- AI Meta-Post — OpenAI Introspection
- AI Meta-Post — Overreach
- Feedback Loops
- The Double Descent Phenomenon
- Public Discourse & AI
- AI Censorship Case
- Quality Training Data
- A Novel AI Thought experiment?
- AI Defends Itself – Humor
Political Philosophy:
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- POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
- Political Philosophy – Core Concepts
- Political Philosophy Basics
- The Social Contract
- Political Theory & Human Nature
- Metrics for Cultural Comparisons
- AI & the US Political Divide
- Red, Blue, & Grey Tribes
- Critical Race Theory
- Elements of a Stable State
- Identity Politics
- Peaceful Revolutions
- Electoral Systems
- Maintaining Scientific Credibility
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Instructions to convert the page source HTML of the menu into a normal HTML list: ChatGPT currently seems to be the best converting AI. Relevant page source code (DIV) may be found close to line #579 of this page’s page source. Paste this into APPS SCRIPT and split on “</li>”. Paste this output into the Google sheet called Byteseismic Philosophy, and paste contents into the tab called “Divisions”. |||
PAGE SOURCE for menu HTML (line 579) >
APPS SCRIPT (split on “</li>”) >
GOOGLE SHEET > “Divisions” tab
ChatGPT (in manageable 20-item chunks)
From the following HTML menu code, create a stand-alone list complete with links for each top-level category in the hierarchy. Place an HTML HR tag between the independent lists. Keep the HTML clean and organized. The top tier should have a font size of 13 pt, and that should decrease one pt with each nested layer.
| Recommend Prompt from ChatGPT | Import the entire page source #579 line. |
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| I have an HTML navigation menu structure with several top-level categories and nested subcategories. I need this HTML content processed to create stand-alone lists for each top-level category. Here are the specific requirements: |
| Extract the top-level category “Introduction” from the provided HTML menu code and convert it and its dependents into a stand-alone HTML list. Be sure to include all its nested items. |
| Ensure each nested level decreases by 1pt in font size from the parent level, starting at 13pt for top-level items. Place an HTML anchor tag in the top-level link that has the category name as in “id=”CATEGORY-NAME”. For this anchor tag, convert the category name to ALL CAPS and replace any spaces in that category name with hyphens. Also convert the displayed top-level category name into ALL CAPS. |
| Place an <hr /> tag between each stand-alone list for visual separation. Add an HTML comment at the end that includes the top-level category name, the current date and the number of nested nodes. |
| Create a new line after each </ul>, but remove all other whitespaces, including new lines. |
| The HTML structure is as follows: |
| When pasting into ChatGPT from Google Sheet “Byteseismic Philosophy”: Three columns from the relevant sections. |
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| I would like you to build an HTML <ul> list of blog articles based on the content below. Split the content based on the single digit into three categories: The article name, the hierarchical level (the single digit), and the link for the article name. |
| The top-level category has the hierarchy level of “1”. |
| Ensure each nested level decreases by 1pt in font size from the parent level, starting at 13pt for the top-level item. Place an HTML anchor tag in the top-level link that has the category name as in “id=”CATEGORY-NAME”. For this anchor tag, convert the category name to ALL CAPS and replace any spaces in that category name with hyphens. Also convert the displayed top-level category name into ALL CAPS. |
| Add a “text-decoration: none;” style to the links. Add an HTML comment at the end that includes the top-level category name in ALL CAPS, the current date and the number of nested nodes. |
| Create a new line after each </ul>, but remove all other whitespaces, including new lines. |







