steven0461 comments on Conceptual Analysis and Moral Theory - Less Wrong

60 Post author: lukeprog 16 May 2011 06:28AM

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Comment author: steven0461 16 May 2011 08:22:30PM *  2 points [-]

A lot of the issue with things like conceptual analysis, I think, is that people do them badly, and then others have to step in and waste even more words to correct them. If the worst three quarters of philosophers suddenly stopped philosophizing, the field would probably progress faster.

Comment author: lessdazed 17 May 2011 03:27:13PM 2 points [-]

Agreed as literally stated, and also agree with your implication: this is especially true for philosophy in addition to other fields in which this is also true.

"other fields in which this is also true" is intentionally ambiguous, half implying that this is basically true for all other fields and half implying it's only true for a small subset, as I'm undecided as to which is the case.

Comment author: MBlume 18 May 2011 08:53:58PM 2 points [-]