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This blog is not for you, it is for me. This blog exists in order for me to develop my thoughts on various philosophical problems that interest me. It is public because making it public motivates me to not slack off, else the people who know me will bother me about why I haven’t posted anything recently. And it is nice to be able to point people at a post that reflects something we had been discussing previously. Now this is not to say that I don’t care about you dear reader. I do, and I will do my best to be clear and to answer any questions you have, but there are limits to how much I care. Specifically I am not trying to change your mind or convince you of anything; it doesn’t matter to me what you think.
Treat this blog like a banquet prepared by a chef who is practicing their art. Feel free to give constructive criticism, because the chef is always eager to improve. However, if you deeply dislike the food, or prefer some other style of preparation there is no need to stay and eat or throw a fit. Certainly there is no need to try to convince the chef that he is fundamentally misguided, because the chef, while not a master, is not a novice either, and generally knows what he is doing.
Thus to get the most out of this blog you should remember to apply the principle of charity, for your own benefit. For example, if you disagree about a terminological issue there is no need to bring it up, simply accept that in this context the term us being used to talk about something else. And if I make a claim about something outside of philosophy, such as physics or logic or whatever it is best to assume that I am right. Usually I have done my research when I make such a claim (as in a rigorous mathematical understanding of the issue), except when it comes to the social sciences (I’m not a big fan of the social sciences, not enough math). This doesn’t make me infallible, so if you do want to point out a genuine error reference a paper published in a peer reviewed journal that has been referenced by at least one other author (I ask for a referenced paper because bad science still gets published).
And with that out of the way enjoy the banquet.
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