How We Know

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1. abtinfNov 2017
   Since you seem to be interested in ideas, in how we know things, and how ideas can impact the degree to which we flourish in life, I will suggest two books to you that made a lot of sense to me.

   https://www.amazon.com/Objectivism-Philosophy-Ayn-Rand-Libra...

   https://www.amazon.com/How-Know-Epistemology-Objectivist-Fou...

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2. IsaacLJul 2016
   The article discusses a professor who hypothesises that consciousness is simply an illusion the brain creates for itself. But you can't explain the concept 'illusion' without reference to 'consciousness', so this explanation is meaningless.

   https://www.amazon.com/How-We-Know-Harry-Binswanger/dp/09856...

   This is the book I recommend to anyone genuinely interested in the nature of consciousness.

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3. abtinfJan 2020
   Man had to learn how to think, then acquire knowledge.

   This question is part of what inspired Harry Binswanger’s book, “How We Know”:

   “Mankind has existed for 400,000 years. But 395,000 of those years were consumed by the Stone Age. The factor that freed men from endless toil and early death, the root cause of the elevated level of existence we now take for granted, is one precious value: knowledge. The painfully acquired knowledge of how to master nature, how to organize social existence, and how to understand himself is what enabled man to rise from the cave to the skyscraper, from warring clans to a global economy, from an average lifespan of less than 30 years to one approaching 80.”

   http://www.how-we-know.com/

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