I mean the more general subjects of philosophy of mathematics and the concept of analyticity. This post doesn’t really address any of the important questions. Which is fine, its just that little else has been said on Less Wrong on the subject. The discussion in the comments section of this post is just dismal, though, and could be improved vastly by people just reading a few relevant SEP articles, first.
The discussion in the comments section of most of the old OB posts is well below the standards of LessWrong today. I’m not sure if that’s because LessWrong attracts higher-quality commenters than the old OB did, or because reading the sequences dramatically improved the quality of discussion, or both.
But don’t judge understanding of a 2007 post by the quality of the comments.
I think this is a subject where contemporary analytic philosophy is considerably ahead of Less Wrong.
How would you convince a contemporary analytic philosopher that 2 + 2 = 3?
I mean the more general subjects of philosophy of mathematics and the concept of analyticity. This post doesn’t really address any of the important questions. Which is fine, its just that little else has been said on Less Wrong on the subject. The discussion in the comments section of this post is just dismal, though, and could be improved vastly by people just reading a few relevant SEP articles, first.
If it’s something that less wrong should get better at, post a couple of links in the discussion section.
The discussion in the comments section of most of the old OB posts is well below the standards of LessWrong today. I’m not sure if that’s because LessWrong attracts higher-quality commenters than the old OB did, or because reading the sequences dramatically improved the quality of discussion, or both.
But don’t judge understanding of a 2007 post by the quality of the comments.
Sorry, maybe you could provide some specific links or suggestions, or even outline the relevant concepts briefly?
With a very special sort of lesion.