Philosophy Shorts

Themed notes built from YouTube Shorts on philosophy.

In this section

Self And Identity
- Who Is the Self
  Eight short thought experiments on personal identity, from Parfit's reductionism and the teleporter to the Ship of Theseus, The Egg and fate.
Reality And Paradox
- Simulation - Shadows and the Strangeness of Existence
  Four short lessons on simulated worlds, Plato's cave, Philip K. Dick's 1974 experience and the strange fact that anything exists at all.
- Paradoxes - Puzzles and Hidden Patterns
  Five short lessons on the Monty Hall problem, Newcomb's paradox, Catch-22 black swan events and Benford's law.