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Redemption of Functionalism
It seems that many criticisms of functionalism rest on ideas that it is extremely “conservative” or assumes the benevolence of extant institutions. Whether past examples of functionalism are actually guilty of these aside, functionalism as a concept is definitely not defeated by such criticisms, as the targets are nowhere near essential to it. I feel the…
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Underlying Philosophies
Is philosophy useful in understanding and predicting the way human society works? Is there any point in generalising about the way people act, or does this erase too many important details? Is there even such thing as a “logic” by which people work, or is that all tacked on after the fact, created by people…
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Motivation and Examination
The motivational view of the human mind transforms the very concept of intellectual pursuit, of interrogation, of the adoption of new ideas. If we accept that human actions and decisions emerge from a radical calculus of internal motivations, then the concept of purpose becomes extremely important- that is, everything is deemed to have a purpose,…
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The Demands of the Success of Scientific Inquiry
The success of science, to some extent, needs to be viewed explicitly in those terms- as its success. The idea that this generates a justification for its truth is more difficult, primarily because the question of its validity is the question of our understanding of the basis of truth itself, before the validity of such…
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The Possible Gravity of Morality
Probability and scale go a long way towards solving the question of how morality can exist- the question of the importance of morality. Kant noticed this problem, though likely not alone or first, that the likelihood of moral success is linked fundamentally to the existence of morality. That is, if one’s ability to act morally…
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Harmony as a Project
There are arguably two issues which, though timeless in some respects, have come to the foreground in our present age so as to be the challenges our coming generation must face: diversity and sustainability. The first is the question of coexistence: how can we bring together people of vastly different backgrounds and interests without war…
Leaving Something Behind
New philosophy on persistence, function, and harmony
Leaving something behind 