Certain kinds of faith - the old fashioned kind, the sort that other people have - that's very bad, obviously.
Except maybe faith that there are moral facts, or natural rights, or free will; or that epiphenomenalism is false.https://twitter.com/micknugent/status/652842752376471553 …
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@PhilosophyExp Of course, the easiest way to qualify my initial suggestion would be to add "with some exceptions" :) -
@micknugent I thought "irresponsible" too sweeping. But twitter hopeless for this sort of conversation. :)
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@PhilosophyExp For example, if I believe evidence doesn’t support free will, but I act as if it exists, is that faith in free will? -
@micknugent I think it would be a neat psychological trick! "Belief" has a strange ontology.
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@PhilosophyExp But can we support the approximate equivalent of natural rights, as being agreed evidence-based ethical rights?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp Good points, with some follow-up nuances. By faith I mean believing disproportionately to best available evidence.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp Are your exceptions necessarily examples of faith? Might they be working assumptions we need to make to function sanely? -
@micknugent@PhilosophyExp Might some people need "working assumptions" (read: faith) for them to function semi-sanely.
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@PhilosophyExp Of your exceptions, I think moral facts and natural rights are the strongest counter-arguments to my initial suggestion.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp@micknugent why have faith about any of these when we can know for certain? Morality was certainly evolved.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp has anyone ever said something about the possible evolutionary value of creating an illusion of conscious decision making?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp@micknugent Isn't that a different kind of faith? Religious meaning implies assent seen as a virtue.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp That is an interesting pointThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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