Yup, I hear you. I think this is a matter of semantics—I am using the word truth as it is generally understood on Less Wrong, meaning the truth of reality as indicated by concrete sensory experience, the closer to the senses, the better.
I think the question of whether someone wants to have correct beliefs is quite distinct from whether they believe that reason is a method that’s useful for finding the truth.
I think most of those people consider personal felt experience to show the truth.
Yup, I hear you. I think this is a matter of semantics—I am using the word truth as it is generally understood on Less Wrong, meaning the truth of reality as indicated by concrete sensory experience, the closer to the senses, the better.
I think the question of whether someone wants to have correct beliefs is quite distinct from whether they believe that reason is a method that’s useful for finding the truth.
Yes, I agree that these are distinct things.