In this week's Unpredictable Patterns I explored the idea of how trust, truth and knowledge relate to each-other. After having written that I came upon this article by Brian Leiter on epistemic authorities and the regulation of speech -- which is another kind of take on the same issue. Leiter suggests that empiricism increasingly is… Continue reading Webs of knowledge – an afterthought
Category: The Structure of Human Knowledge
The long arc of uncertainty bends towards…?
The IMF has published an update of its interesting uncertainty index. Noone will be surprised to find that the Covid-19 pandemic and the presidential elections drove uncertainty up, but the real scoop in the chart is the overall slant of the curve we can construct: If the upward slope of the curve suggests that independent… Continue reading The long arc of uncertainty bends towards…?
Games and knowledge (The Structure of Human Knowledge as Game II)
Why are games consisting of knowledge tests so popular? In 2004 it was calculated that Trivial Pursuit had sold around 88 million copies worldwide, and game shows like Jeopardy and the 64000 dollar question have become international hits. At their core, these games are surprisingly simple. They are about what you know, about if you… Continue reading Games and knowledge (The Structure of Human Knowledge as Game II)
Towards a glass bead game (The Structure of Human Knowledge as Game I)
Herman Hesse’s glass bead game is an intriguing intellectual thought experiment. He describes it in detail in his eponymous last novel: "Under the shifting hegemony of now this, now that science or art, the Game of games had developed into a kind of universal language through which the players could express values and set these… Continue reading Towards a glass bead game (The Structure of Human Knowledge as Game I)