Perplexed comments on Less Wrong Rationality and Mainstream Philosophy - Less Wrong

106 Post author: lukeprog 20 March 2011 08:28PM

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Comment author: Perplexed 21 March 2011 01:33:01AM *  0 points [-]

There are many other [Edit: was originally 'more'] useful things for philosophers (including Quinean naturalists) to be doing besides just working with scientists to figure out why our brains produce confused philosophical debates.

Perhaps. But it is difficult to imagine any less complete problem dissolution being successful at actually shutting down that confused philosophical debate, and thus freeing those first-class minds to actually do those hypothetical useful things.

Comment author: lukeprog 21 March 2011 01:44:11AM *  0 points [-]

BTW, by "more" I meant "additional": I meant that there "are many other useful things for philosophers... to be doing..." I've now clarified the wording in the original comment.