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← Philosophy should argue by making its preferred vocabulary attractive in use, not by refutation

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under innovation innovation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Philosophy should argue by making its preferred vocabulary attractive in use, not by refutation Philosophy should argue by making itspreferred vocabulary attractive in use,not by refutation RR Richard Rorty — holds since c. 1989 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Internet gives a forum to philosophical topics that some philosophy departments neglect. — tap to centre the map on it The Internet gives a forum tophilosophical topics that somephilosophy departments neglect. Last stated 8 years ago 15 Nov 2018 NW Nigel Warburton — holds since 2018-11-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The mere size of a difference does not decide whether it deserves philosophic study — tap to centre the map on it The mere size of a difference doesnot decide whether it deservesphilosophic study WJ William James — holds since c. 1879–1896 — tap for who they are Same subject: The stock of useful scientific knowledge is bounded rather than endless. — tap to centre the map on it The stock of useful scientificknowledge is bounded rather thanendless. Last stated 6 years ago 20 Jun 2020 JR José Luis Ricón — holds since 2020-06-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: People come to belief in different ways: some through philosophy, some through argument, some through exhortation — tap to centre the map on it People come to belief in differentways: some through philosophy, somethrough argument, some throughexhortation I( Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — holds since c. 1126–1195 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether to build one agent or many depends far more on the use case and its practical considerations than on philosophy. — tap to centre the map on it Whether to build one agent or manydepends far more on the use case andits practical considerations than onphilosophy. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 TS Tara Seshan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beauty and utility are not necessarily in opposition but often function together. — tap to centre the map on it Beauty and utility are notnecessarily in opposition but oftenfunction together. Last stated 2 years ago 26 Nov 2024 PS Patrik Schumacher — holds since 2024-11-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Debates should be about exploring topics together — tap to centre the map on it Debates should be about exploringtopics together Last stated a year ago 11 Sept 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: The internet cares more about coining a neologism than about explaining what it means. — tap to centre the map on it The internet cares more aboutcoining a neologism than aboutexplaining what it means. Last stated 12 months ago 14 Nov 2025 KW Kate Wagner — holds since 2025-11-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it A busted computer is not a calamityof data loss or a long restoreprocess in the modern world Last stated 11 months ago 24 Nov 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it A prisoner who lost faith in his ownfuture was doomed VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan actually attend to. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy forAI models to consume via pretrainingcorpora but cumbersome for mosthumans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts,and paywalls. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Sept 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Philosophy should argue by making its preferred vocabulary attractive in use, not by refutation Last stated c. 1989 Holds Richard Rorty Read this korrent →