I developed my Art in the course of trying intensely to untangle deep confusions and answer wrong questions. If you are trying to do something similar, then I should think and hope that reading through all my reams of advice will be a HUGE win.
Does it have other applications? Oh, some of it does, I should rather think. The art of clear thinking is inherently less specialized than, say, welding.
But my Art of rationality is confessedly incomplete, a strong punch without a hint of kicking. I have not been trying with all my strength to live a happy everyday life. Perhaps you are looking for some of the other pieces, yet to be developed?
But just realizing that this sort of thing can have an art of rationality, that can be based in cognitive science, is quite a hint; and for that matter, trying to invent that art will be something of a confusing question...
You say your Art is grounded in something real for you. I don’t dispute that! I only say the Art isn’t grounded for the rest of us. This is a problem. Not a problem with your personal intellectual pursuit, but a problem outside where other people are reading and clapping. A problem with how the movement is turning out. Maybe you shouldn’t care, maybe you should.
I developed my Art in the course of trying intensely to untangle deep confusions and answer wrong questions. If you are trying to do something similar, then I should think and hope that reading through all my reams of advice will be a HUGE win.
Does it have other applications? Oh, some of it does, I should rather think. The art of clear thinking is inherently less specialized than, say, welding.
But my Art of rationality is confessedly incomplete, a strong punch without a hint of kicking. I have not been trying with all my strength to live a happy everyday life. Perhaps you are looking for some of the other pieces, yet to be developed?
But just realizing that this sort of thing can have an art of rationality, that can be based in cognitive science, is quite a hint; and for that matter, trying to invent that art will be something of a confusing question...
Your Art sounds convincing, but still you might have taken a wrong turn in developing it. How do you (and we) know without a concrete result?
You say your Art is grounded in something real for you. I don’t dispute that! I only say the Art isn’t grounded for the rest of us. This is a problem. Not a problem with your personal intellectual pursuit, but a problem outside where other people are reading and clapping. A problem with how the movement is turning out. Maybe you shouldn’t care, maybe you should.