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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. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      There is a massive problem labelling anyone as a sceptic then. All you can ever show is they did it in particular cases.

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @pogsurf

      I don't think so. We can label someone 'faithful' if this is the predominant attitude they take to positions they hold.

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf

      I don't think we need to require someone to have investigated every truth claim sceptically to be a sceptic.

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    4. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      But who chooses which claims count and which don't?

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @pogsurf

      The individual decides which truth claims they want to have to positions on.

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    6. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      So they could hold beliefs which you think are nonsense but they don't prioritise them.

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    7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @pogsurf

      If they believe in things without evidence, they are not a sceptic. Whether they prioritise them or not.

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    8. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      No I'm talking about the difference between what you might choose to prioritise and what someone else might.

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    9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @pogsurf

      I'm not sure how priorities are relevant to the mindset with which you approach things.Whether ur epistemology is faith or evidence

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    10. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      You could believe things which others see as nonsense, but because you don't prioritise them you don't apply scepticism to them.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @pogsurf

      No. If I believe in things without evidence, I am not a sceptic. Whether I prioritise them or not.

      5:28 PM - 16 Jan 2017
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        1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf

          Unless you just mean you could think someone was a sceptic coz they didn't speak of believing in things. Yes, but they're not

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        2. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          But you said you hadn't applied scepticism to everything you believed. Some things you just take on trust.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @pogsurf

          Difference between 'believing in' & believing in the sense of taking on trust. I think it very probable my husband loves me.

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        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf

          So I cld say 'I believe my husband loves me' but this not the same as 'believing in.'I believe in my husband coz evidence he exists

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        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf

          Or perhaps u're thinking of my saying I believe things my friends tell me coz I just assume they're true.If so,I see ur point a bit

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        6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf

          But in practice, truth claims do need to be significant to warrant scepticism and there is a consensus on what is significant.

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        7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf

          If my friend says 'I went to the supermarket today,' there is no need to practice scepticism coz going to supermarket is ordinary.

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        8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf

          We'd only need evidence that was what she did at the time she said she did it if, eg, she was accused of a crime somewhere else

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