Raemon comments on Issues with the Litany of Gendlin - Less Wrong

16 Post author: Raemon 10 December 2011 05:25AM

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 10 December 2011 08:49:38PM 1 point [-]

Your objection to the Litany of Gendlin applies equally to the Litany of Tarski. Both tell you to desire the truth above your attachment to beliefs.

Comment author: Raemon 10 December 2011 09:38:45PM 3 points [-]

I don't feel that Tarski says anything untrue the way that Gendlin does. It doesn't say that believing the unfair world won't hurt, or that you're already enduring the knowledge. It just says that, all things together, it is more important to believe the truth than to cling to the comforting falsehood. Which I fully endorse.