I guess you could but you couldn’t be a perfect Bayesian.
Generally, when one is told something, one becomes aware of this from one’s senses, and then infers things from the physical fact that one is told.
I’m definitely not saying this right. The larger point I’m trying to make is that it makes sense to consider an agent’s physical beliefs and ignore their moral beliefs. That is a well-defined thing to do.
How can you answer questions about true moral beliefs whilst ignoring moral beliefs?
All the same comprehension of the state of the world, including how beliefs about “true morals” remain accessible. They are simply considered to be physical facts about the construction of certain agents.
That’s an answer to the question “how do you deduce moral beliefs from physical facts”,not the question in hand: “how do you deduce moral beliefs from physical beliefs”.
That’s an answer to the question “how do you deduce moral beliefs from physical facts”,not the question in hand: “how do you deduce moral beliefs from physical beliefs”.
Physical beliefs are constructed from physical facts. Just like everything else!
I guess you could but you couldn’t be a perfect Bayesian.
Generally, when one is told something, one becomes aware of this from one’s senses, and then infers things from the physical fact that one is told.
I’m definitely not saying this right. The larger point I’m trying to make is that it makes sense to consider an agent’s physical beliefs and ignore their moral beliefs. That is a well-defined thing to do.
Where does it say that? One needs good information, but the sense can err, and hearsay can be reliable.
The sense are of course involved in acquiring second hand information, but there is still a categoreal difference between showing and telling.
In order to achieve what?
Simplicity, maybe?
A simple way of doing what?
Answering questions like “What are true beliefs? What is knowledge? How does science work?′
How can you answer questions about true moral beliefs whilst ignoring moral beliefs?
Well, that’s one of the things you can’t do whilst ignoring moral beliefs.
All the same comprehension of the state of the world, including how beliefs about “true morals” remain accessible. They are simply considered to be physical facts about the construction of certain agents.
That’s an answer to the question “how do you deduce moral beliefs from physical facts”,not the question in hand: “how do you deduce moral beliefs from physical beliefs”.
Physical beliefs are constructed from physical facts. Just like everything else!
But the context of the discussion was what can be inferred from physical beliefs.