Holes (1996-2025)(plato.stanford.edu)
41 points by surprisetalk | 11 comments
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on holes, examining their ontological and epistemological status as objects of reference and causal explanation.
#epistemology on Hacker News
5 stories tagged epistemology, newest first.
Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)(johnsalvatier.org)
351 points by vinhnx | 134 comments
John Salvatier's 2017 blog essay arguing, via examples like building stairs, that reality's hidden detail explains why people get intellectually stuck.
Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)(johnsalvatier.org)
368 points by lis | 190 comments
John Salvatier's 2017 essay arguing, via examples like building basement stairs, that reality has hidden detail which explains why people get intellectually stuck.
How to think in writing(henrikkarlsson.xyz)
357 points by Luc | 110 comments
Essay by Henrik Karlsson on Escaping Flatland about using writing as a tool for thinking, Part 1: The thought behind the thought.
Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)(johnsalvatier.org)
358 points by tosh | 123 comments
John Salvatier's 2017 essay arguing that reality contains surprising detail, illustrated by building stairs, and how this explains why people get intellectually stuck.