Caerbannog comments on [Poll] Less Wrong and Mainstream Philosophy: How Different are We? - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Jayson_Virissimo 26 September 2012 12:25PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (627)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Caerbannog 26 September 2012 03:03:45PM 4 points [-]

Other: Agree that it's a false dichotomy.

Comment author: FiftyTwo 26 September 2012 08:27:41PM 3 points [-]

How? If there is >1 fact "we can arrive at by rational cogitation, without having to rely on sensory experience." Then rationalism, if not then Empiricism.

Comment author: thomblake 27 September 2012 04:31:53PM 1 point [-]

Most of the "false dichotomy" claims here are from folks claiming it's an "unheard tree in the woods" problem - if you use one definition, you get one answer, and if you use another definition, then it's another answer, so if we just tabooed the relevant words then the dispute would go away.

Comment author: [deleted] 27 September 2012 02:21:00AM *  0 points [-]

Agree on other. Rational cogitation is a kind of sensory experience.