Threads is a Substack feature I haven’t played around with at all yet, but it seems promising for promoting and carrying out fairly robust conversations here, for those that are interested in that sort of thing. I’ll ask the first question then: what are your ideas about how I should or could use this Threads feature in my Substack?
I think you're mixing up two entirely different spaces - my Substack (here) and my Study With Sadler Academy. I'm only asking about Threads for this Substack
You'll note that in the Stoics on the Cardinal Virtues class, there's a discussion forum in each week's module for you to ask questions and engage in discussion after the class session
I'd like to pose a question(s) to you that might be a good basis for a threads discussion. I've been thinking about cognitive biases because I'm working on some essays exploring it.
There are 150 + identified "inbuilt" cognitive biases, and it's clear they're pretty destructive.
My question: "What is the Stoic framing of these biases, and how well does Stoic therapy address them?"
I'm thinking about Seneca's Letter #50 "One does not acquire an excellent mind without first having a bad one."
The Stoics clearly though that our inborn illogical thinking lead us to errors and that the destructive passions resulted. They had a very optimistic take on our ability to overcome these errors, which I'm only partially on born with.
Stoic therapy/spiritual exercises/virtue dispels many of the biases, but doesn't inoculate us against all of them.
I think that's a very big conversation you're proposing, and perhaps not quite the sort of thing I'd have in mind for a much more general audience here. That would be something more suited to a specialized space, like perhaps an online class
Well, yes it is quite an interesting feature. I've been using Substack for a couple of other authors and found it quite useful. The threads feature is good to ask open questions and get community feedback more generally.
For instance, what are your favourite modern Philosophers that don't necessarily rely on ancient texts to frame their discussions surrounding the Human Condition?
I think you're mixing up two entirely different spaces - my Substack (here) and my Study With Sadler Academy. I'm only asking about Threads for this Substack
You'll note that in the Stoics on the Cardinal Virtues class, there's a discussion forum in each week's module for you to ask questions and engage in discussion after the class session
I'd like to pose a question(s) to you that might be a good basis for a threads discussion. I've been thinking about cognitive biases because I'm working on some essays exploring it.
There are 150 + identified "inbuilt" cognitive biases, and it's clear they're pretty destructive.
My question: "What is the Stoic framing of these biases, and how well does Stoic therapy address them?"
I'm thinking about Seneca's Letter #50 "One does not acquire an excellent mind without first having a bad one."
The Stoics clearly though that our inborn illogical thinking lead us to errors and that the destructive passions resulted. They had a very optimistic take on our ability to overcome these errors, which I'm only partially on born with.
Stoic therapy/spiritual exercises/virtue dispels many of the biases, but doesn't inoculate us against all of them.
What do you think?
I think that's a very big conversation you're proposing, and perhaps not quite the sort of thing I'd have in mind for a much more general audience here. That would be something more suited to a specialized space, like perhaps an online class
Well, yes it is quite an interesting feature. I've been using Substack for a couple of other authors and found it quite useful. The threads feature is good to ask open questions and get community feedback more generally.
For instance, what are your favourite modern Philosophers that don't necessarily rely on ancient texts to frame their discussions surrounding the Human Condition?