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Speculative Heresy
Personal blog · speculativeheresy.wordpress.comphilosophy
Speculative Heresy is a personal blog at speculativeheresy.wordpress.com about philosophy. Since 2009, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “The Semantic Apocalypse (2008)”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for posts on neuroscience, consciousness and how the mind constructs experience. Commenters cite its ideas on philosophy of mind and mention the author's novel Neuropath.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
exploring speculative realism, non-philosophy, and other heresies
Most-linked posts?
- The Semantic Apocalypse (2008)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2009-07-20
What Hacker News says?
"One is the recent wave of neural/psychological research about how our experience of ourselves and reality is constructed in ways that don't at all correspond to our beliefs. There are a great many such findings and from what I've gleaned, they consistently refute our concept of ourselves as rational actors making controlled decisions as we move through objective reality. (I'm still waiting for someone to write a go…
Comment linking /2008/11/26/the-semantic-apocalypse/
on “Postmodernism generator”Submitted The Semantic Apocalypse (2008) as a story · 18 points
HN discussion'Neuropath' by Scott Bakker [...] the results of neuroscience have far more radical implications for philosophy, the subject, and meaning than any poststructuralist critique. As the author of a recent fictional psychothriller (Neuropath) – about which Metzinger has said, “This book has emotionally hurt and disturbed me in a way none have done in many years. You should think twice before reading this – there could be…
Comment linking /2008/11/26/the-semantic-apocalypse/
on “Ask HN: Techno Thriller Book Recommendation”Submitted Science cum Metaphysics as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Semantic Apocalypse (2008) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ways of Talking / Ways of Being as a story · 1 points
HN discussion