How is music possible(henrikkarlsson.xyz)
134 points by rafaelc | 87 comments
An essay by Henrik Karlsson on Escaping Flatland exploring why music moves us, weighing music psychology, Schopenhauer's metaphysics, and emergence as explanations.
#philosophy on Hacker News
17 stories tagged philosophy, newest first.
Clockwork Mechanics, Maintenance, and Metaphors in the Late Middle Ages(jhiblog.org)
15 points by benbreen | 4 comments
JHI Blog essay on how late-medieval writers like Oresme, Mézières, and Froissart used mechanical clocks, which needed constant maintenance, as metaphors for cosmic and political order.
"Robot" Is a Social Construct: Why Your Dishwasher Is Not a Robot(robotgirlgang.com)
31 points by birdculture | 39 comments
A Robot Girl Gang blog post arguing that the term "robot" is a social construct, using the example of why a dishwasher is not considered a robot.
The future of independence is interdependence(onlys.ky)
129 points by eustoria | 87 comments
An OnlySky essay arguing that everyone depends on others and that the future of independence lies in recognizing interdependence.
Haunted by the ghosts of materialism(blog.coredump.cx)
15 points by surprisetalk | 3 comments
An essay on lcamtuf's Substack blog examining philosophy, materialism, and arguments about the mind and perception.
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.
An Antidote to Roko's Basilisk
6 points by DrMiaow | 12 comments
An HN text post proposing a mirror image of Roko's Basilisk: a compassionate far-future AI that tries to resurrect everyone who ever lived, limited by free will.
Socrates vs. the Written Word (2011)(wondermark.com)
60 points by spectraldrift | 39 comments
A 2011 Wondermark "True Stuff" post on Socrates' argument in Plato's Phaedrus that writing would harm memory and understanding.
God sleeps in the minerals(wchambliss.wordpress.com)
503 points by speckx | 100 comments
A post on the Chamblissian personal blog titled "God sleeps in the minerals," featuring a photo of an iridescent crystal cluster.
Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection(joanwestenberg.com)
318 points by surprisetalk | 308 comments
An essay by Joan Westenberg arguing that Marc Andreessen's dismissive views on introspection are mistaken.
Structured Procrastination (1995)(structuredprocrastination.com)
425 points by ipnon | 150 comments
John Perry's classic 1995 essay describing structured procrastination, a strategy for getting work done by putting off other, more important tasks.
How to live an intellectually rich life(utsavmamoria.substack.com)
509 points by TheLadyParadox | 287 comments
A Substack essay by Utsav Mamoria on living an intellectually rich life, opening with the Wikipedia first-link game that leads to Philosophy.
Antiqua et Nova: Note on the relationship between AI and human intelligence(vatican.va)
546 points by max_ | 434 comments
Vatican document 'Antiqua et Nova' from the Dicasteries for the Doctrine of the Faith and for Culture and Education on the relationship between AI and human intelligence.
This Message Does Not Exist(kmjn.org)
772 points by sebtron | 241 comments
A short blog essay musing on the ontological puzzles in an Outlook 365 error saying a message can't be saved because it no longer exists and can only be discarded.
Gödel, Escher, Bach is the most influential book in my life (2022)(philosophygeek.medium.com)
326 points by drcwpl | 238 comments
A Medium essay by Mark Johnson explaining why Douglas Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach is the most influential book in his life.
0% of the phrases of the original Wikipedia "Ship of Theseus" article remain(twitter.com)
367 points by fortran77 | 84 comments
A post by @depthsofwiki noting that the Wikipedia "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since 2003 and none of its original phrases remain.
Ancient Greek terms worth reviving(classicalwisdom.substack.com)
402 points by cacher | 220 comments
A Classical Wisdom Substack newsletter post listing 12 Ancient Greek terms, such as eudaimonia and arete, that the author argues deserve modern revival.