This is an updated version of an earlier post, prompted by current political events where so much seems to hinge on our understanding of truth and lies. The original starting point for the post was writing previously about information theory and negentropy. I referred to the role of misinformation, and said that information was neither… Read More Truth and Lies Revisited
Today I want to think about thinking. In particular, to look at the distinction between thoughts and beliefs. We tend to accept our first impressions as being accurate and true. Often this may be the case and the strategy serves us well, but sometimes it can go wrong. We misunderstand someone’s actions or words, possibly… Read More Filosofy on Friday – The Moon is made of Green Cheese
Ah, a great choice of topic! Full of filosofical possibilities, conundrums and conuncymbals. The latter term is rarely used. It refers to the sound of an argument – not the kind of argument you might hear your neighbours engage in, but a “proper” argument as found in logic. We find the term referenced in common… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Truth and Lies
For some reason, I have been thinking about negentropy this week. The term has different meanings in different contexts. I would like to consider it in relation to information theory. The central tenet is about the relationships between energy and information. Every bit of information has attached to it an energy cost. This was neatly… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Negentropy
I posted earlier on the subject of Being Here, and so today I want to look at moving on. My starting point is the paradox of Zeno’s Arrow. It is closely related to his paradox about Achilles racing a tortoise – quite apt given my current pre-occupation with all things running (did I mention I’m… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Getting There
Hey, I’m here again! I have been away for quite a long time, getting lost in work and other projects/distractions. My life is a meandering path strewn with unfinished projects. I am not a finisher. In fact, in many respects I’m not even a starter. I’m a thinker. I do that bit quite well. My… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Being Here
Research into brain science and the mind has historically had to navigate between two conflicting assertions. The first arose in ancient Greece – “Know Thyself”, as inscribed at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. The second comes from Zen teachings – “Mind trying to know itself is like a sword trying to cut itself”. These… Read More Filosofy on Friday – The Self-Sharpening Brain
Grand Tour of Thinking Errors: We have spent the past few weeks travelling through the wonderful landscapes of thinking errors in cognitive-behavioral therapy – also known as cognitive distortions or biases in information processing. Different writers and therapists identify them in different ways. As CBT has developed over the years, so new interpretations and nuances… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Overview of thinking errors
Selective Abstraction: I have come to collect you for the final stage of our journey through the wonderland that is biased information processing (also known within cognitive-behavioral therapy as thinking errors). Of course, my praise for this fascinating territory is not biased. I must apologise for turning up late this morning. Unfortunately our coach driver… Read More Filosofy on Friday -Selective abstraction
Emotional Reasoning: We have reached the penultimate stage of our mystery tour of thinking errors in cognitive-behavioral therapy. Today we travel from the Minimalist Hotel where I dropped you off last week to the evocative Heartbreak Hotel, exploring on the way the undulating hills of Emotional Reasoning, from where you can get magnificent views of… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Emotional reasoning
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