2020-03-29
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So if there's a way to sum up the end of last episode that can get us started in the right direction in this episode,
it's to say that to the philosopher Isaiah Berlin,
these attempts all throughout history to create systems of values based on a single criteria,
to synthesize multiple different systems of values into one universal system,
these have all been grounded in an assumption spanning across the entire history of human thought
that there is a single correct answer to any question you can ask,
that there's a clear methodology we can use to get us there,
usually reason or revelation, and that once we find these answers,
they're gonna fit neatly into a single overarching system,
a cohesive worldview that fits together like some sort of cosmic jigsaw puzzle.
Now,
all of this is to say
that Isaiah Berlin wants to set his sights on the long tradition we have in the West of using monism to develop systems of thought