Philosophy Outline: Reason & Morality

An outline of philosophy with links to learn more! I wrote the outline. Alan Forrester and Justin Mallone gathered most of the links. Most links are to my writing.

Reason

Error
- Fallibility
- Correcting Errors
- Tradition
- Rationalization
- Evasion
- Authority
Truth
Ideas
- Explanation
  - The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch, Chapter 1
- Context
- Objectivity
  - Philosophy: who needs it by Ayn Rand, Chapter 1
- Conscious & unconscious ideas
  - Emotions, intuitions etc. are ideas
- Memes
  - Static & Dynamic Memes
    - Static memes and irrationality
    - The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch, Chapters 15 and 16
  - Conventional Lives
- Knowledge Structure
  - Integrating & Organizing
  - Programming and knowledge structure
Learning
- Guesses & Criticism
- Evolution
- Learner-driven education; educator as helper
- Following Interests
  - Genuine interests
  - Follow your interests
    - Chains & Indirection
- Gradualism vs. Overreaching
  - Only Do Easy Things
- Unbounded Learning vs Bounded
- Asking Questions
  - How to ask questions
  - Getting answers to questions
- Persuasion
  - Self-Persuasion
    - Having the Right Standards for Self-Persuasion
      - FI Post discussing how to prioritize FI in your life
      - FI post discussing the right standards for accepting arguments
  - Persuading Others
Paths Forward
- Summary
- Paths forward article
- Additional thoughts
- Communication
- Public criticism exposure
- Taking responsibility for mistakes & fixing them
- Conflicts as disagreements
- Saving Time
- Catching up to current knowledge
  - Books to read
Problem Solving
Science
- The Scientific Method
- Using Observations in Criticism The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch, Chapters 3 and 7
  - Philosophy of Evidence
- Reality. What exists? The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch, Chapter 4
- Atheism
- Induction
- Correlation

Morality

Good
- What is Good?
- Morality is Practical
Man
- Human Nature
Choice
- Making Decisions
  - Policies
- Free Will
- Responsibility
- Risk
- Action
  - Now, Not Later
Self
- Preferences
  - Changing Preferences
  - Suffering
- Values & Goals
- Virtues
- Aiming for Greatness
- Production
  - “Capitalism” by George Reisman, Chapter 13
- Curiosity
Others
- Relationships
  - Interacting exclusively for mutual benefit
  - Promises, Obligations, Commitments
    - Godwin on promises
- Conflicts
  - Resolving Conflicts
  - Parents & Teachers
    - Parents as Rulers
  - No Conflicts of Interest
- Altruism & Sacrifice
- Pressuring, Manipulating & Controlling Others
  - Should One Neg Richard Dawkins?
- Lying
- Social Life
  - Caring What Others Think
  - Conforming to a social role

Liberalism

Freedom
Force
Capitalism
- Property
- Specialization
- Comparative Advantage
- Trade
  - Trader principle
  - Mises on trade
- Prices
- Public Goods & Free Riders
- Socialism
Cooperation & Conflict
- Social Cooperation
- War & Peace
  - Decisive Victories
  - Lasting Peaces
    - Mises on peace
    - More Mises on peace
Government
- Role
- Economy
- Law
  - Equality Under the Law
    - Liberalism: In the Classical Tradition, Chapter 1 section 4
  - Rule of Law vs. Rule of Man
    - Discussion of antitrust in The Voice of Reason by Ayn Rand, Chapter 24
- Defense