
Ethical Intuitionism
by Michael Huemer · first published 2005
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Ethical Intuitionism by Dr. Michael Huemer It gave me a plausible alternative to Nihilism.
on “Ask HN: What's one book that changed your life?” ↗…Month - Brooks Philosophy: * A Journey Around my Room - de Maistre * Anger, Mercy, and Revenge - Seneca * Schrödinger - What is Life? * Man's Search for Meaning - Frankl * Essays - Montaigne * Ethical Intuitionism - Huemer * The Consolations of Philosophy - de Botton * A Manual for Living - Epictetus * Meditations - Aurelius Psychology / Meaning / Purpose / Science: * Purpose and Meaning in the Workplace -…
on “Ask HN: What did you purchase that measurably improved your quality of life?” ↗…critiquing (1) itself. One way to capture this is through the principle of phenomenal conservatism [1][2][3] as formulated by philosopher Michael Huemer. He has also written a book on the subject called Ethical Intuitionism. [1] https://philpapers.org/rec/HUEPCA [2] https://philpapers.org/rec/HUECPC [3] https://www.iep.utm.edu/phen-con/
on “Google’s Secret China Project “Effectively Ended” After Internal Confrontation” ↗…assuming any general political theory, though we shall arrive at a political theory in the end." As far as an overarching philosophy, I've concluded on intuitionism, closely approximated by Huemer's Ethical Intuitionism [2]. [1] https://spot.colorado.edu/~huemer/1.htm [2] Excerpt: https://spot.colorado.edu/~huemer/5.htm
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