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The P in PhD is for Philosophy (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 77 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Epistemology should be taught in primary school.

I mean that unironically. Learning about simple principles like non-contradiction and logical fallacies can help inoculate against so much bullshit.

With AI distorting the internet in every capacity, virtually everyone needs a new norm for evaluating whether their knowledge can be justified.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Epistemology, Logic, and Science Literacy fite me. These are the tools you use to teach yourself, anything.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

non-contradiction and logical fallacies can help inoculate against so much bullshit.

That's exactly why its not taught.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It should be part of a 12 year rhetoric program. I didn't learn anything in English class after the 3rd grade. Granted, I was considered gifted, but you have a lot of slack to put in philosophical foundations and logic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I have taught my children epistemology for this reason. It is THE key skill in the disinformation age.