NancyLebovitz comments on Intuitions Aren't Shared That Way - Less Wrong

31 Post author: lukeprog 29 November 2012 06:19AM

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Comment author: lukeprog 29 November 2012 06:44:43AM *  3 points [-]

You would be surprised to learn how often I talk to Less Wrongers who have been corrupted by a few philosophy classes and therefore engage in the kind of philosophical analysis which assumes that their intuitions are generally shared.

Despite being downvoted in this comment, I think Eliezer is generally right that reading too much mainstream philosophy — even "naturalistic" analytic philosophy — is somewhat likely to "teach very bad habits of thought that will lead people to be unable to do real work."

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 29 November 2012 11:15:26AM 8 points [-]

Is believing in shared intuitions a result of reading philosophy, or is it just that intuitions feel like truths?