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ChristianKl comments on "Dialectics"? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 14 July 2014 12:21:33PM *  3 points [-]

Bayesianism means that every valid claim has a probability p of being true. If you look into dialectic writing you will find that the kind of claims discussed are often too vague for them to be labeled with a probability as it's not actually clear what it means for a claim to be true.