Virtue epistemology starts with real insights; ruins them by forced mis-application to Gettier-type pseudoproblems. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology-virtue/ …
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Scientists are attached to religious-dogmatic epistemological ideologies derived centuries ago from armchair philosophical speculation.
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Unfortunately the ‘90s Science Wars discredited valuable empirical investigation of how science is done and how scientists know.
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@Meaningness do you have a 140/280-char summary of Hutchins? :) I'm partial to Popper myself, but intrigued by an anthropological approach -
@KevinSimler This might be a better example than Hutchins, actually: http://stuartgeiger.com/wordpress/2008/11/review-talking-about-machines-by-julian-orr/ … cc:@sarahdoingthing Highly influential study. - 8 more replies
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@Meaningness This is consistent with the views of eg. Sperber or Barrett who both theorise about beliefs. -
@Jayarava Yeah, Sperber has done good stuff. Who is Barrett? - 4 more replies
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@Meaningness Perhaps word-game epicycles are the *point* of JTB, they're why it's selected for in the academic space. -
@Meaningness This is certainly true of qualia: it introduces moving parts that feel meaningful but are fully inaccessible and disconnected.
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@Meaningness "truth" is not a parameter for belief, except in the most abstract situations.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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