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Go to: The Case for Naturalism

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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.

Mon, 07 May 2012 20:57:43 UTC | #940407

Go to: The Consolation of Philosophy

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Here's another good one, with more comments from Albert: http://philocosmology.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/an-explanation-from-nothing/

Thu, 03 May 2012 03:52:17 UTC | #939248

Go to: The Consolation of Philosophy

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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

Thu, 03 May 2012 02:40:39 UTC | #939242

Go to: Has Physics Made Philosophy and Religion Obsolete?

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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?

Wed, 02 May 2012 06:52:19 UTC | #938946

Go to: The Consolation of Philosophy

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@nowhereman1991, is that David Lewis in your avatar?

Tue, 01 May 2012 23:37:57 UTC | #938848

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