I thought you wanted to know what I thought of Dennet s critique of Kane. After all, if Dennet does not succeed in refuting libertarianism, that is impactuvive on your case.
I thought you wanted to know what I thought of Dennet s critique of Kane.
So copy and pasting without attribution helps that how? Also, do you really expect me to read that monstrosity with its almost complete lack of formatting or paragraph breaks?
After all, if Dennet does not succeed in refuting libertarianism, that is impactuvive on your case.
Impactuvive? I'm trying to figure out what word was supposed to go there? Do you mean it impacts?
Why Talk to Philosophers? Part I. by philosopher of science Wayne Myrvold.
See also Sean Carroll's own blog entry, Physicists Should Stop Saying Silly Things about Philosophy.
Sean classifies the disparaging comments physicists make about philosophy as follows: "Roughly speaking, physicists tend to have three different kinds of lazy critiques of philosophy: one that is totally dopey, one that is frustratingly annoying, and one that is deeply depressing". Specifically:
He counters each argument presented.
Personally, I am underwhelmed, since he does not address the point of view that philosophy is great at asking interesting questions but lousy at answering them. Typically, an interesting answer to a philosophical question requires first recasting it in a falsifiable form, so that is becomes a natural science question, be it physics, cognitive sciences, AI research or something else. This is locally known as hacking away at the edges. Philosophical questions don't have philosophical answers.