Will_Sawin comments on Metaphilosophical Mysteries - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Sawin 03 August 2010 11:59:24PM 0 points [-]

If some of the heuristics are failing and some are succeeding, they are producing different results. Which process determines which results are correct? Should this be called "philosophical ability"?

(non-rhetorical questions)

Comment author: Yvain 05 August 2010 11:06:09PM 0 points [-]

It doesn't necessarily have to be cenralized. Some heuristics could have different weights than others, and stronger ones win out. Or there could be a reflective equilibrium among them.

...not that there's any evidence for any of this.