wedrifid comments on Conceptual Analysis and Moral Theory - Less Wrong

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Comment author: dxu 17 November 2014 04:56:38AM *  1 point [-]

It is unlikely that you will gain these "good habits of thought" allowing you to recognize "bad amateur philosophy" from reading mainstream philosophy when much of mainstream philosophy consists of what (I assume) you're calling "bad amateur philosophy".

Comment author: wedrifid 20 November 2014 02:13:36AM 1 point [-]

when much of mainstream philosophy consists of what (I assume) you're calling "bad amateur philosophy".

No, much of it is bad professional philosophy. It's like bad amateur philosophy except that students are forced to pretend it matters.