
David Eagleman on Possibilianism
1 year ago
Neuroscientist and best-selling author David Eagleman introduces the concept of Possibilianism, a new philosophy that simultaneously embraces a scientific toolbox while exploring new, unconsidered uncertainties about the world around us.
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I am agnostic, not only about religion, but about most of everything. The way I define it has little to do with lack of certainty between two opposing view. I think this is, to a certain extent, simplistic. Rather, I define agnosticism as holding no beliefs to be absolute or true. Or, perhaps, better, as holding no beliefs. Beliefs being understood as an absolute certainty about a particular idea or set of ideas.
When certainty is stripped from my ideas then I'm left with a set of idea types. Of the types, some of them regard things that one can be more or less certain about. That are more or less probable. Possible.
So, given my particular brand of agnosticism, I've been a possibilian the whole time. I consider this a type of re-branding. And I'm totally ok with that. Anything that brings more light to I-dont-knowism is fine with me.