Mike Huben
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My philosophical ideas spring from skepticism, relativism, positivism, pragmatism, progressivism and humanism. When evaluating ideas, I work with the assumption that theories ought to match reality -- it is surprising how much theory matches reality badly. This tends to produce a preference for ideas that are valid (ie. work well) rather than theoretically correct (without working well.) | My philosophical ideas spring from skepticism, relativism, positivism, pragmatism, progressivism and humanism. When evaluating ideas, I work with the assumption that theories ought to match reality -- it is surprising how much theory matches reality badly. This tends to produce a preference for ideas that are valid (ie. work well) rather than theoretically correct (without working well.) | ||
| − | + | [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/libindex.html Critiques Of Libertarianism]<br>I specialize in criticizing libertarianism, and run the only site I know of dedicated to that. This features: | |
| + | ** [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/faq.html The Non-Libertarian FAQ] | ||
| + | ** a host of related materials I've been able to find. | ||
| + | ** [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/sigs.html Signature quotes from my collection] related to libertarianism. | ||
| − | + | * [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/skept/index.html Mike's Skepticism]<br>I was briefly a contributing editor writing a monthly column for [http://www.suite101.com/ Suite101]. That ended when I did not meet deadlines. The originals were at: [http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/645 Skepticism]. | |
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| + | *[[Disgust With Philosophy]]<br>I think philosophical thinking is a necessary tool. But not for any knowledge or wisdom. The only valid use I find for philosophy is to REJECT ideas: most prominently those of philosophers. When students tell me they are interested in philosophy, I want to steer them away from it: what a futile waste of time! | ||
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