My current model is how thinking about fiction helps with thinking about facts that it makes it worthwhile to consider longwinded hypotheses. Fiction makes you address the hypothesis space and in the first instance form it. Fiction address first and foremost argument from lack of imagination—“I think X cause I can’t think of any other way things could be”.
In the analysis in the post there seems to be a undertone that fiction somehow advances views in some form of “flag-waving”, repeating an idea, making an idea “cool”. In the same way that logical rigous doesn’t advocate for particular propositions, just that things are true and technically accurate, I think fiction promotes making concious and lived opinions. They will predicably be of higher quality/more humane and if one can pinpoint a particularly dark/cruel/thoughless the expectation would be that the noted person will move away from the shaky thought.
I would think that a framework where a stance or philosophy is given a strict trial rather than seeking a specific outcome would make quite a big difference in making the books. Offcourse in an adversial setting it might be that if we pit two strong opposed advocates that is most efficient way to get to truth. Buyt I fear a lto of failure modes for seeking specific outcomes (ie “winnig” most of your courts).
My current model is how thinking about fiction helps with thinking about facts that it makes it worthwhile to consider longwinded hypotheses. Fiction makes you address the hypothesis space and in the first instance form it. Fiction address first and foremost argument from lack of imagination—“I think X cause I can’t think of any other way things could be”.
In the analysis in the post there seems to be a undertone that fiction somehow advances views in some form of “flag-waving”, repeating an idea, making an idea “cool”. In the same way that logical rigous doesn’t advocate for particular propositions, just that things are true and technically accurate, I think fiction promotes making concious and lived opinions. They will predicably be of higher quality/more humane and if one can pinpoint a particularly dark/cruel/thoughless the expectation would be that the noted person will move away from the shaky thought.
I would think that a framework where a stance or philosophy is given a strict trial rather than seeking a specific outcome would make quite a big difference in making the books. Offcourse in an adversial setting it might be that if we pit two strong opposed advocates that is most efficient way to get to truth. Buyt I fear a lto of failure modes for seeking specific outcomes (ie “winnig” most of your courts).