John_Maxwell_IV comments on Philosophy Needs to Trust Your Rationality Even Though It Shouldn't - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 30 November 2012 09:07:11AM * 1 point [-]

As a general rule, if you can't imagine any piece of experimental evidence settling a question, it's probably a definitional one.

So what's the difference between philosophy and science then?

Comment author: nigerweiss 30 November 2012 09:25:15PM 0 points [-]

Err... science deals with questions you can settle with evidence? I'm not sure what you're getting at here.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 30 November 2012 09:27:50PM 2 points [-]

How does your use of the label "philosophical" fit in with your uses of the categories "definitional" and "can be settled by experimental evidence"?