The philosophy of philososphy: how do we learn/study?

Tiberiusmoon

Have you ever considered what is the fundamental process of learning itself?
Not to be confused with neurological processes.

What makes an answer wrong or right.
Why questions tell you more about a subject than the answer.
Why biases and assumptions can lead to logical flaws.

Do you have a set process for such things?
Or has it always the process you grew up with and never looked at?

Pantagruel

Have you ever considered what is the fundamental process of learning itself? — Tiberiusmoon

I have. What we learn must be something new, but not entirely unforeseen. It must either fill a gap in an already existing coherent structure of thought; or else completely overturn such a structure and its presuppositions. And wanting to learn is not enough. Sometimes the learning most needed is the one not wanted.

Tiberiusmoon

↪Pantagruel

Have you ever thought about the differences between assumptions and logic where one may have used assumptions as filler to such "gap in an already existing coherent structure of thought" where it can lead to false belief/answers?

Pantagruel

I created a thread on false beliefs, or should I say, "false believing," a little while ago. What you are talking about has been central to my personal approach to philosophy since about 1990, and I've read and written extensively on cognitive biases and the notion of the ego as an obstacle to knowledge. It's a topic I can't get enough of. :)

https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/10704/believing-versus-wanting-to-believe

Tiberiusmoon

↪Pantagruel

Hehe, the year I was born.
While I was researching the fundamentals of learning I came across a bias that is so common you could even call it humanities dystopian philosophy.

Would you like to hear it and do you think its better suited in a different post?

Pantagruel

↪Tiberiusmoon

Post it up! You can always start a new thread.

Tiberiusmoon

↪Pantagruel

Here you go: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/10953/humanities-dystopian-philosophy-cultural-bias

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