I thought Stoicism was that but it turned out to be something much different. I want something that helps me approach life in a logical manner.
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Books on rationality?
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If you believe in Stoic physics, Stoicism is rational.
The Scout Mindset
How to Have Impossible Conversations
How to Think Like a Philosopher
>The Scout Mindset
Book on rationality by a woman?
Logic is merely formal. It has nothing to say about anything that exists, it works for all possible propositions and thus doesn't account for any specific fact or truth.
How To Solve It
>How To Solve It
By George Pólya?
yeah
>I want something that helps me approach life in a logical manner.
Or maybe some undergrad intro to logic/philosophy of logic if you want a less meme answer. One problem here is you don't know what logic is, as evidenced by asking that question.
Have you tried epicurus? If so, then the skeptics? The whole hellenistic period was just people trying to figure out how to approach life rationally, with the skeptics either giving up or just saying "I don't know". Why do you think you can "approach life rationally" anyway? Do you think that someone besides you has actually figured it out? Or are you just looking for something very specific and to your taste? Either way, I suspend my judgment becaus eI am not a filthy dogmatist 🙂
Rationality: From AI to Zombies purports to do this, although it has its issues and the author is a massive sperg. You can read it online here: https://www.readthesequences.com/
Strongly seconded, it's not perfect but it's very much worth reading.
Taleb is better for probabilistic reasoning.
Are there any prerequisites, or can get into it directly?
It helps if you're familiar with the basics of probability and Bayes' Theorem, but it's not necessary to study them before reading. Also be aware that many of the studies around implicit bias that it cites have failed to replicate.
Is rationalism here mean the same as rationalism vs empiricism. Or does it mean entirely different thing?
>I want something that helps me approach life in a logical manner
Why? Life is neither logical or rational.
Because I am a lazy paranoid socially anxious NEET.
Sam Harris bibliography
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The truth is that self-control and any 'stoicism' adjacent thought is only marketed in the modern world to have-nots. It's a mindset that people better off than you would like you to adopt, since it makes things easier for them. Do you think the people who have what you desire (a good house, comfortable income, a relatively quiet life away from the masses, etc.), are all just monks from a fantasy novel? No, they're usually the most Dionysian 'slaves to lust' or 'slaves to mammon', as Christianity would term it. I think most people already know that intuitively, though. What's the deal, then? What should you do? Nothing, lol. Should've just been born with better opportunities outside of the crab bucket.
Isn't that contradictory?
Only if you take self-control to be synonymous with success. Doesn't every already know that the most successful people these days are also the ones with the least dignity? And hell, it's not like that's anything new. At least most serious living religions are honest with you up front about this: If you actually try to live by the example given by our prophet or whatever, then your life will be full of suffering (in worldly, fleshly terms).
every -> everyone**
In Greek, 'Logice' meant no more 'verbalisation', the power of thinking in an ordered sequence of word rather than in direct imagery, sound and sensation, as animals do. Since, however, most words are no more than increasingly abstract generalisations, they can never convey the full, singular essence of any particular object, feeling or happening.
why should i care about rationality?
If you can more accurately model the world (epistemic rationality) and become better at choosing actions that will achieve the outcomes you desire (instrumental rationality), then you will be better able to satisfy your values.
>The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation.
The words 'rationality' and 'rationalism' can have different meanings. Historically, 'rationalism' meant a focus on reasoning from abstract principles as opposed to focusing on empirical observations. That is the sense of the word that your quote critiques. However, that is not what OP asked for. OP asked for "something that helps me approach life in a logical manner." That is a much better match for the more recent definition of 'rationality' that has become popular on the internet, which could be summed up as "a systematic approach for forming true beliefs and making decisions that will advance one's goals".
Lest I be mistaken for a Yuddite, the man has good ideas but he has many more dumb ideas. His good ideas are still worth reading.
What book is this?
Robert Graves' 'Difficult Questions, Easy Answers'