Plotinus (2018)(plato.stanford.edu)

21 points by dedalus 3 years ago | 2 comments

Albert Camus(plato.stanford.edu)

177 points by guerrilla 3 years ago | 66 comments

Einstein's Philosophy of Science (2019)(plato.stanford.edu)

92 points by xingyzt 3 years ago | 14 comments

Bayesian Epistemology (2022)(plato.stanford.edu)

77 points by rnjailamba 1 year ago | 30 comments

Relational Quantum Mechanics(plato.stanford.edu)

84 points by hackandthink 1 year ago | 21 comments

The Computational Theory of Mind (2015)(plato.stanford.edu)

60 points by cyanregiment 2 months ago | 45 comments

Intellectuals Are Fucking Idiots(markmanson.substack.com)

15 points by speckx 28 days ago | 5 comments

Mark Manson Substack essay arguing that highly intelligent people get trapped by their own ideas, opening with the story of professor Malcolm Caldwell's 1978 trip to Cambodia.

There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy(experimental-history.com)

59 points by luu 1 month ago | 31 comments

An Experimental History Substack essay by Adam Mastroianni arguing there is no loneliness epidemic but there is an epidemic of scurvy.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

Child's Play: Tech's new generation and the end of thinking(harpers.org)

339 points by ramimac 8 months ago | 211 comments

Harper's Magazine essay by Sam Kriss, a letter from San Francisco about tech's new generation of AI startup founders and 'the end of thinking'.

Alonzo Church: Architect of computer intelligence(onepercentrule.substack.com)

318 points by drcwpl 2 years ago | 81 comments

A Substack essay profiling logician Alonzo Church and his solution to the Entscheidungsproblem as a foundational contribution to computer science.

Limited Liability In Historical Perspective (1997) [pdf](scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu)

12 points by gradus_ad 24 days ago | 3 comments

A 1997 Washington and Lee Law Review article by Robert W. Hillman examining the history of limited liability for business owners.