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0 pointsDubiousPusher6y ago0 comments

Agreed. Epistemology in the abstract without concrete examples of how it has gone right/wrong is a dubiously useful tool.

I've found history to be hepful for better understanding what makes good and bad ways of knowing things.

Unfortunately our public school system wastes its history curriculum on spinning fairy tales. It took years of reading serious history books to deprogram myself. I see the same thing being done to my kid.

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technoplato6y ago

What are some things that you’ve deprogrammed yourself from and how did you find the stories that did so?

loosetypes6y ago

Not who you’re replying to, but two books that stood out to me in that regard, especially as an American, and left a lasting impression are:

(1) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown, and (2) Sundown Towns by James Loewen

DubiousPusherOP6y ago

Dee Brown's book is fantastic. And I've instantly added Sundown Towns to my reading list. In that genre I'd highly recommend "Devil in the Grove" by Gilbert King.

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