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The Codex

Categorisation and Concepts

Aug 24, 2017 by Scott Alexander

"The essay “How An Algorithm Feels From The Inside” is a gift that keeps on giving. You can get a reputation as a daring and original thinker just by copy-pasting it at different arguments with a couple of appropriate words substituted for one another, mad-libs like. It is the solution to something like 25% of extant philosophical problems."

552Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease
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107The Categories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories
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430The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world?
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96Ethnic Tension And Meaningless Arguments
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Interlude
55The Moral Of The Story
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