Not gain knowledge or gain the right knowledge or even think better, because those are constrained to certain assumptions. I want to escape illusions. How do I do that and get better at that?
Not gain knowledge or gain the right knowledge or even think better, because those are constrained to certain assumptions. I want to escape illusions. How do I do that and get better at that?
i don’t believe it’s possible to fully escape illusion, but you can minimize it by learning about the subjects you’re interested in. Still you will always be biased based on what you know and what you want to believe. Approaching the problem from a neutral perspective then reading about from different authors will give you ideas that can help you form an opinion, but again it will always be limited to what you know, it’s natural. So the more you know the better decision you make. I heard a law professor said “i know too much to make a decision, tell me what the end goal is and I’ll get there” meaning there are enough arguments to arrive at any conclusion. good luck.
So pursuing your interests is a method (tho imperfect) for escaping illusions. Ok. Probably better than reason.
well, you will become an expert on what you’re interested on. Reason goes back to the problem of who to believe because is based on facts. When you know all the facts you’ll know what’s reasonable, if you have the knowledge. But who can know all the true facts?
It could be called an aesthetic kind of guidance
if you become a millionaire with that phrase “aesthetic guidance” let me get 5% of the royalties 😉