The Algorithmic Philosophy — A Synthetic and Social Philosophy

Abstract

This paper, as the introduction part of the forthcoming namesake book, introduces how the Algorithmic Thinking Theory, a theory of human minds, can be used to solve many philosophical puzzles and therefore form a “grand synthesis” or unification of existing various philosophies. Innate discrete thinking tools process information or data from the external world serially, selectively, repetitively, roundaboutly, and economically, leading to consequences such as “Mental Distortion,” knowledge solidification, and combinatorial explosion, thereby forming a dynamic, pluralistic, embracive, and expansive knowledge system where “being” and “opinions,” ontology and epistemology, rationality and irrationality are all synthesized. Thoughtful entities exist, move, change, combine, interact, and grow to make social phenomena the “independent third party” between human and the world, which implies both the differences and compatibility between natural and social sciences. Democracy, freedom, market, institutions, and organizational power are explained unprecedently logically. All major philosophical branches, schools, and scholars are included in this concise panorama that stems just from this formula: thinking = computation = (Instruction + information) × speed × time. This highly original approach was inspired by computer science and customized just for the making of principles of humanities and social sciences.