The DIM Hypothesis (Part 1) (MP3 download) Lectures

The DIM Hypothesis (Part 1) (MP3 download) LecturesBy Leonard Peikoff Dr. Peikoff's book The DIM Hypothesis identifies three different modes of integration, i. e., of interrelating concretes, such as individual percepts, facts, choices, etc. As Dr. Peikoff explains: "My thesis is that the dominant trends in every key area can be defined by their leaders' policy toward integration. They are against it (Disintegration, D); they are for it, if it conforms to reality (Integration, I); they are for it, if

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are self-imposed - a result of mistaken ideas about the nature of writing

how it manifests itself in ordinary experience

The first part of the book is largely polemical

Making a piece of writing self-contained

Motivating the audience

Thinking in essentials as a form of unit-reduction

it also provides him with an excellent opportunity to practice philosophical detection

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