So they arent rational enough to understand first principles don't objectively exist.
They were corrupted by words of old men, and have built a foundation of understanding on them. This isnt rationality, but rather Reason based.
I consider Instrumentalism and Bayesian epistemology to be the best we can get towards knowledge.
I'm going to be a bit blunt and not humble at all, this person is a philosophical inferior to myself. Their confidence is hubris. They haven't discovered epistemology. There isnt enough skepticism in their claims. They use black and white labels and black and white claims. I remember when I was confident like the author, but a few empirical pieces of evidence made me realize I was wrong.
"it is a habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not fancy."
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So they arent rational enough to understand first principles don't objectively exist.
They were corrupted by words of old men, and have built a foundation of understanding on them. This isnt rationality, but rather Reason based.
I consider Instrumentalism and Bayesian epistemology to be the best we can get towards knowledge.
I'm going to be a bit blunt and not humble at all, this person is a philosophical inferior to myself. Their confidence is hubris. They haven't discovered epistemology. There isnt enough skepticism in their claims. They use black and white labels and black and white claims. I remember when I was confident like the author, but a few empirical pieces of evidence made me realize I was wrong.
"it is a habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not fancy."