A second one?! Wow, I admire their stamina, and JB’s willingness to have a second go at what must have been a humiliating experience.
only if you have a clear idea about what is meant by wisdom. you're right back in the ditch as soon as you start exploring the question "what is wisdom, anyway?"
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I'll kick that issue forward for the moment. Probably something like "wisdom is useful mental schemas".
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Yeah, I think “wisdom” is too nebulous and (positively) value-loaded. Wouldn’t “subjective truth” vs. “empirical truth,” have settled it?
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No I don't think so. I agree with Harris that only strictly empirical (or formal) statements can be true or false. That's an important line: truth is for territory, for maps there is validity.
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I wish we lived in a world where truth was used that way...badly. However, there are many, many propositions which have been taken as truth by whole populations which are empirically false. In neurotypical circles, especially, truth is primarily a social/cultural phenomenon.
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It's almost as if beliefs are endorsements.
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Hmmm...I think that’s true of expressed beliefs, but it’s often adaptive (wise) to endorse propositions that are social truths (by which I mean statements that win arguments within a community) without believing them (the Kolmogorov option).
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That's not what that means, it's just that to believe something is to think of it as a desirable model, and there are several reasons one can think so.
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Endorsement isnt contingent upon expression? I’m not following. (I just promised my s.o. I would put away epistemology twitter for a while, so I’ll be slow to respond).
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It's just a reference to my articlehttp://www.everythingstudies.com/beliefs-as-endorsements …
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