torekp comments on Train Philosophers with Pearl and Kahneman, not Plato and Kant - Less Wrong

65 Post author: lukeprog 06 December 2012 12:42AM

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Comment author: torekp 08 December 2012 05:10:29PM 0 points [-]

Philosophers aren't trying to build an AI, so they're not usually so interested in the ideal epistemology.

That's a terribly inadequate reason to be uninterested in the ideal epistemology. Luckily many philosophers do seem to be quite interested in it; still, like Luke, I wish there were more.