WHERE:10850 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA
How to get in: Go to the Westside Tavern in the upstairs Wine Bar (all ages welcome), located inside the Westside Pavillion on the second floor, right by the movie theaters. The entrance sign says “Lounge”.
Parking is free for three hours, or for longer if you know the eight secrets of the coven.
Discussion:
Can you give a specific example of abstract argument being more useful than a specific example? How about an abstract argument that specific examples are more useful than abstract arguments? The ladder of abstraction, from abstract to concrete, superficially seems unrelated to but is quite entangled with the other well-known dichotomy, that between the general and the specific. This mess is our focus. It is obvious that both “sides” have their place, but what modes are best for what purposes?
Meetup : West LA—The Merits of Specificity
Discussion article for the meetup : West LA—The Merits of Specificity
WHEN: 13 November 2013 07:00:00PM (-0800)
WHERE: 10850 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA
How to get in: Go to the Westside Tavern in the upstairs Wine Bar (all ages welcome), located inside the Westside Pavillion on the second floor, right by the movie theaters. The entrance sign says “Lounge”.
Parking is free for three hours, or for longer if you know the eight secrets of the coven.
Discussion:
Can you give a specific example of abstract argument being more useful than a specific example? How about an abstract argument that specific examples are more useful than abstract arguments? The ladder of abstraction, from abstract to concrete, superficially seems unrelated to but is quite entangled with the other well-known dichotomy, that between the general and the specific. This mess is our focus. It is obvious that both “sides” have their place, but what modes are best for what purposes?
Recommended Reading:
Up and Down The Ladder of Abstraction
Skill of the Week: Be Specific
The Virtue of Narrowness
Hug the Query
Leaky Generalizations
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
No prior knowledge of or exposure to Less Wrong is necessary; this will be generally accessible.
Discussion article for the meetup : West LA—The Merits of Specificity