miru's attempted philosophy

Hello reader(s), and welcome to my project page.

Here I go by miru and post thoughts which allegedly qualify as philosophy.

Why am I writing this page?

• I’m writing because I believe people believe too much and justify too little.

• I’m writing because I'm tired of bearing witness to self-assured people unaware that their opinions are founded on mere assertions and thought-terminating clichés, and because the way people on and off the internet will say things oh-so-definitively without having given the reasons behind their beliefs a second thought really ticks me off.

• I’m actually writing because I'm frustrated that I can't be as sure of myself as those people I see being very clearly wrong.

Throughout my day to day life, I often find myself in situations where I have to hear someone arguing for something I disagree with. I find that in these situations, despite being confident enough in my thinking and reasoning to want to start a philosophy blog, I struggle to find confidence in myself. How can I be so sure I’m not the one who’s wrong and self-assured? It’s not like I have any credentials that can speak to my reliability, and my countless memories of times I was clueless enough to commit multiple social faux pas in quick succession don’t exactly paint me as dependable. Given the risk of me being wrong, would it be irresponsible of me to act on the feeling that I’m right? This page is in many ways a response to the anxiety of those situations. For the purposes of this page I will be acting on the assumption that my thoughts are in fact somewhat worthwhile and I am competent enough to speak on them. While the topics I post about here may vary, each one will feature a line of reasoning that I’ve come up with to ease my doubts about the accuracy of my conclusions. The thoughts I post here will certainly still risk being founded on vague feelings and mere assertions—at least to the extent that I'll always be motivated by feelings and any premise presented without explanation is readable as a mere assertion—but I’ll at least be willing to admit I’m satisfied with how well each of them justifies how I allow myself to feel.

The thoughts on this page are presented "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied. While I find my conclusions generally agreeable and potentially obvious, deciding whether this says more about me or the quality of my thoughts is left as an exercise for the reader.

Thanks for visiting my page.

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