Reminds me of Russell's logical atomism. Struggles with the issue that ordinary facts are not simply true or untrue, responds (somewhat dogmatically) that underneath it all are atomic facts which are logically independent (could each be true or false) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_atomism …
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Yup yup! Hence the “Like logicism” at the beginning—the previous several paragraphs are about that
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Yup! “Two statistical cultures” paper pointed this out, eg
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Seems like this mixes up the question of whether absolute truth exists with the very common problem of semantic ambiguity.
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Yes, it also mixes up the conception of absolute truth existing, with the end of attaining it. Rather than getting closer to it.
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OTOH it is obvious that you must attack any notion of truth that would force you to end up in the rationalist attractor.
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