Nikario comments on Open thread, Dec. 22 - Dec. 28, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: iarwain1 25 December 2014 12:59:20AM *  2 points [-]

I recently asked a question that I think is similar to what you're discussing. To recap, my question was on the philosophical debate about what "knowledge" really means. I asked why anyone cares - why not just define Knowledge Type A, Knowledge Type B, etc. and be done with it? If you would taboo the word knowledge would there be anything left to discuss?

Am I correct that that's basically what you're referring to? Do you have any thoughts specifically regarding my question?

Comment author: Nikario 26 December 2014 03:57:08PM *  1 point [-]

Yes, that is an example of what I am referring to.

Sadly, I'm afraid I can't give you any other thoughts that what I have said for the general case, since I know little epistemology.