Decius comments on What do professional philosophers believe, and why? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Decius 02 May 2013 05:12:02AM 2 points [-]

Why where the names 'Objectivists' and 'Rationalists' chosen as cluster names, when those are names of rather specific systems?

Comment author: RobbBB 02 May 2013 05:27:25AM 2 points [-]

Chalmers and Bourget chose the first five names. 'Objectivism' and 'Rationalism' are already used by a large number of very different world-views, which I imagine made them less worried about adding two more to the pile. Also, a higher value in Rationalism does tend to make you more likely to self-identify as a rationalist, in the 'not an empiricist' sense.

Comment author: Decius 02 May 2013 05:32:36AM 3 points [-]

Thanks; the names were a factor which had me turned around a bit before I saw the 'dimension' clarification, because I thought that those names were referring to one of the groups which claims that name as their referent.