ChristianKl comments on Truth: It's Not That Great - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 12 May 2014 01:20:33AM *  0 points [-]

I am curious; what is the general LessWrong philosophy about what truth "is"?

To the extend that there a general philosophy it's http://lesswrong.com/lw/eqn/the_useful_idea_of_truth/ but individual people might differ slightly.

Comment author: Kurros 12 May 2014 01:40:31AM 0 points [-]

Hmm, thanks. Seems similar to my description above, though as far as I can tell it doesn't deal with my criticisms. It is rather evasive when it comes to the question of what status models have in Bayesian calculations.