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TheAncientGeek comments on Philosophy professors fail on basic philosophy problems - Less Wrong Discussion

16 Post author: shminux 15 July 2015 06:41PM

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 17 July 2015 06:54:50PM *  1 point [-]

You haven't shown that they are producing inconsistent theories in their published work. The result only shows that, like scientists, individual philosophers can't live up to their own cognitive standards in certain situations.

Comment author: DanArmak 17 July 2015 09:11:12PM 0 points [-]

This is true. But it is significant evidence that they are inconsistent in their work too, absent an objective standard by which their work can be judged.