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Go to: The Consolation of Philosophy
Jump to comment 57 by Chrysippus_Maximus
Here's another good one, with more comments from Albert: http://philocosmology.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/an-explanation-from-nothing/
Permalink Thu, 03 May 2012 03:52:17 UTC | #939248
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Jump to comment 56 by Chrysippus_Maximus
I'm more of a Davidson guy, myself.
This article was posted on Leiter's blog, and does a half-decent job of mediating: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/05/01/151752815/blackboard-rumble-why-are-physicists-hating-on-philosophy-and-philosophers
Permalink Thu, 03 May 2012 02:40:39 UTC | #939242
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Jump to comment 50 by Chrysippus_Maximus
avoids the nitpicking over whether Wittgenstein and Russel were really philosophers
If you actually read more than the Principia, or the Tractatus, it's pretty obvious that they both are. Why else would there be about 50 pot-boiler books by Russell about "philosophy", or Wittgenstein, you know, living with GEM Anscombe, and working with her? Maybe scientists think only the male analytic philosophers aren't really philosophers?
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2012 06:52:19 UTC | #938946
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Permalink Tue, 01 May 2012 23:37:57 UTC | #938848



















Epistemic naturalism or metaphysical naturalism?
They're both problematic. The former commits you to the non-existence of a priori truths (which means you can't easily get 'method' off the ground in the sciences), and the latter commits you to a really screwy way of talking about things like numbers and concepts.
Permalink Mon, 07 May 2012 20:57:43 UTC | #940407