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Welcome to the ConceptSpace Wikia
This wiki is an attempt to build up what Charlie Munger refers to as a "latticework of mental models." The problem with simple lists of models is that the lack of cross references fails to cement the understanding. The hyperlinks on TvTropes makes the concepts more fun and interesting to investigate. Ideally, this wiki would become TvTropes for non-fiction.
The top level index is: List of Lists of Concepts
See also Contributor Guidelines and a Prototype Page.
Where did the content on this wiki come from?
A large variety of material informed the creation of the pages here. The aforementioned Charlie Munger provides the motivating/framing metaphor for the wiki itself. Concepts are drawn from Munger, spread throughout his books and speeches. Similar thinkers like Ray Dalio in his Principles in which he discusses several hundred mental models, problem solving approaches, and stances. The works of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky on various categories of thinking errors. The works of Philip Tetlock and the literature on forecasting principles. The research of Douglas Englebart and Richard Hamming who did revolutionary work at Bell Labs and expounded on the need for exploration of concept space. The writing of David Chapman, who examines both ancient and contemporary Buddhist literature discussing the potential limits of conceptual thought. Alfred Whitehead, who explicitly discusses concepts and concept formation in his Modes of Thought as well as bits and pieces from many other analytical philosophers, especially Quine. Many posts by various people on LessWrong and associated blogs, as well as the Center for Applied Rationality. The work of Alfred Korzybski, Robert Kegan, Douglas Hofstadter, Freeman Dyson, and innumerable others.
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
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