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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 7

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Richard Heathfield  🇬🇧

      This is the only point I am making here. If I think I am right, I think I have reasoned correctly. Therefore I think people who are wrong have reasoned incorrectly. If they make me realise I have reasoned incorrectly, I revise my reasoning accordingly & we no longer disagree.https://twitter.com/rjheathfield/status/1004649091735924736 …

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      Richard Heathfield  🇬🇧 @rjheathfield
      Replying to @HPluckrose
      That's more or less my reasoning too - "I know I'm right because if I were wrong, I'd have changed my mind by now - but hey, maybe today's the day I do just that". And yet you and I are diametrically opposed on many issues!
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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 7

      This is the principle to aim for anyway. It's not a claim that changing minds is easy or that people don't search for ways to still be right despite being shown a problem with their reasoning.https://areomagazine.com/2017/12/08/the-problem-with-truth-and-reason-in-a-post-truth-society/ …

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 7

      Nor is it a claim that people cannot be perfectly reasonable while starting from wrong premises. If thunder really were an indication of an angry god, perfectly reasoned arguments could be made about how to placate it.

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 7

          I just don't think it's reasonable to be suspicious if someone cannot include reasonable arguments they disagree with in their position. Try not to disagree with with reasonable arguments. It means your disagreement is not a reasoned one.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 7

          Absolutely do steelman the argument you don't think works and be charitable about the intentions of the other person and consider them a generally reasonable person when they are.

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