Emile 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: myron_tho 29 November 2012 07:04:01AM *  -1 points [-]

The field as a whole (or rather, some within it, to be more accurate) takes these issues seriously as a matter of debate, yes, but arguing over controversial claims is the entire point of philosophy so that's no mark against it. It's also a radically different position from the strong claim you've advanced here that the field itself is broken, which is nonsense to anyone familiar with modern moral philosophy and ethics/meta-ethics and is dangerously close to a strawman argument.

To say the problem is "rampant" is to admit to a limited knowledge of the field and the debates within it.

Comment author: Emile 29 November 2012 03:23:18PM 2 points [-]

arguing over controversial claims is the entire point of philosophy

How do you decide whether a claim is controversial?

Just see if people are arguing over it. Duh.