Philosophy as Math-Like Thinking

Re:Philosophy as Math-Like Thinking by jpster on Saturday February 08, 2020 @09:39PM (#22280033)

I’d be interested to hear book recommendations that discuss “fuzzy thinking” and how to avoid it.

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Re:Philosophy as Math-Like Thinking by hliyan on Saturday February 08, 2020 @10:11PM (#22280154)

Not entirely the point of the book, but I found that the first chapter of Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (which discusses formal systems, symbol manipulation and how that relates to thinking) was a catalyst for me to tighten up my thinking processes.

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Re:Philosophy as Math-Like Thinking by justinpombrio on Saturday February 08, 2020 @10:47PM (#22280280)

Hooray! This section of "Rationality: AI to Zombies" deals with exactly that:

https://www.lesswrong.com/s/7gRSERQZbqTuLX5re

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