1. This is separate from the original point regarding implicit bias. 2. This claim may be true or false, but it doesn’t seem in principle more objectionable than, say, Haidt claiming all people have certain moral foundations which often operate unconsciously...
If you don't follow me & you don't read my stuff & you are working from a completely different angle to my ethical/cultural/political one, u will not know the context of my arguments which are rooted in universal liberalism & empiricism. I cannot cover this much ground in tweets
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I’m skeptical on grounds that classic liberals/empiricists can accept. WK Clifford (“The Ethics of Belief”) argues it’s always wrong to believe without sufficient evidence. This would seem to entail people don’t have a “right” to their own beliefs, when not backed by evidence.
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One can only assume Mr Clifford is no liberal
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I assume you’re being sarcastic, but it’s always hard to tell on Twitter.
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No. I’m serious. If freedom of conscience is not a liberal right it’s not liberalism. And further, it is not possible to be, let alone to think, without believing a great many things for which there is no evidence.
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I don’t think it’s at all plausible that liberalism requires the rejection of the epistemological view known as evidentialism, which is what you’re suggesting. Here is background on the view. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-belief/#OriDeb …
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I don’t believe that liberalism forbids evidentialism or demands it. It has no necessary epistemology.
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It is quite possible that we could have a very good conversation if we agreed on which category we are talking in first and looked at one argument from one angle having ensured we are, in fact, talking about the same thing. I also think it matters primarily what is true.
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But in this thread, I am speaking to a very specific aspect of the culture wars and a disagreement between two kinds of liberals on the most ethical & productive way to reduce racism in society which also includes differences on freedom of speech & belief & conception of society.
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