What are the best examples of genuine progress in philosophy?
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Replying to @keithfrankish
Hilbert’s switch to constructivism (computationalism) in the wake of Gödel and Turing demonstrating the undecidability of stateless mathematical semantics. Solomonoff induction as a proposed general principle of unified understanding.
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Replying to @Plinz @keithfrankish
Wow! Solomonoff never gets the recognition he deserves in philosophy. Respect!
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I mean he doesn't even get a mention in the SEP article on induction! The author of the "General Theory of Induction"!
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Replying to @crabby_smales @keithfrankish
Most of the interesting philosophy requires deep mathematical skills and insight now, so it mostly happens outside of philosophy departments.
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Replying to @Plinz @keithfrankish
I only partially agree. Solomonoff induction is actually fairly simple. I think many of the best ideas in philosophy have the character of being both very simple, but very difficult.
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Keith was not asking simply for the best ideas, but evidence of genuine progress. Most of the best ideas have been around for millennia.
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Replying to @Plinz @keithfrankish
Eh? They all represent progress. And some of them have only been public domain for a week (pinned tweet).
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