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What brought you into philosophy? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Similar to my path, sounds like. Started when I noticed how much the acceptance of physics theories depended on POV. Already questioning Western religion/philosophy wholesale, Watts got me started looking at multiple Asian POVs, that brought me back to Jung, Gurdjieff, Polanyi and Bohm. There was no cure for any of that, so back to restart with slightly less naive realism. I am, whether or not I think, therefore.

"Any given man sees only a tiny portion of the total truth, and very often, in fact almost perpetually, he deliberately deceives himself about that precious little fragment as well. " — Philip K. Dick

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you like PKD on philosophy, he's got some stunners. But my favorite is Galactic Pot-Healer.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'll give Chap1 a shot. PKD can be a headscratcher.