Tag: nyaya

• Knowing

  Summary We can’t directly see it but we know it exists by extending our vision with special tools. We can reason about when it’s present based on associations. We can share facts about it with each other. And we can learn its name by comparing it to other similar kinds of things. I’m talking about…

  Malcolm

  September 18, 2020

  Season 2

  epistemology, nyaya

• Introduction to Season 2

  Summary How can we become better thinkers and better human beings? What’s the connection between critical thinking and reducing suffering? In this intro episode to Season 2, we’ll learn about the Indian tradition known as “Nyaya,” who says these things are very closely related, and whose ideas we’ll be focusing on in detail this coming…

  Malcolm

  September 4, 2020

  Season 2

  debate, epistemology, nyaya, reasoning

• Episode 6: Expertise

  Summary Who should you listen to? Now, more than ever before, we have access to advice from a range of self-proclaimed experts. Anyone with a webcam and an Internet connection can dole out advice. But how do we tell if someone is trustworthy? In this episode, I test some so-called experts based on the requirements…

  Malcolm

  May 1, 2020

  Season 1

  authority, epistemology, nyaya, testimony, trust