My apologies. I would have thought it was clear that when one recommends a book one is doing so because it has material that is relevant that one is talking about. Yes, the he discusses various ideas due to Popper.
That’s ambiguous. Does he discuss Popper directly? Or, say, some of Popper’s students? Does the book have, say, more than 20 quotes of Popper, with commentary? More than 10? Any detailed, serious discuss of Popper? If it does, how do you know that having not read it? Is the discussion of Popper tainted by the common myths?
Some Less Wrongers recommend stuff that doesn’t have the specific stuff they claim it does have, e.g. the Mathematical Statistics book. IME it’s quite common that recommendations don’t have what they are supposed to even when people directly claim it’s there.
Take an outside view; it is possible that you are simply too emotionally involved?
You seem to think I believe this stuff because I’m a beginner; that’s an insulting non-argument. I already know how to take outside views, I am not emotionally involved. I already know how to deal with such issues, and have done so.
None of your post here really has any substance. It’s also psychological and meta topics you’ve brought up. Maybe I shouldn’t have fed you any replies at all about them. But that’s why I’m not answering the rest.
That’s ambiguous. Does he discuss Popper directly? Or, say, some of Popper’s students? Does the book have, say, more than 20 quotes of Popper, with commentary?
Please don’t move goalposts and pretend they were there all along. You asked whether he mentioned Popper, to which I answered yes. I don’t know the answers to your above questions, and they really don’t have anything to do with the central points, the claims that I “pressured” you to read Earman based on his being a professional.
Take an outside view; it is possible that you are simply too emotionally involved?
You seem to think I believe this stuff because I’m a beginner; that’s an insulting non-argument. I already know how to take outside views, I am not emotionally involved. I already know how to deal with such issues, and have done so.
I’m also confused about where you are getting any reason to think that I think that you believe what you do because you are a “beginner”- it doesn’t help matters that I’m not sure what you mean by that term in this context.
But if you are very sure that you don’t have any emotional aspect coming into play then I will try to refrain from suggesting otherwise until we get more concrete data such as per Jim’s suggestion.
I have never been interested in people who mention Popper but people who address his ideas (well). I don’t know why you think I’m moving goalposts.
There’s a difference between “Outside View” and “outside view”. I certainly know what it means to look at things from another perspective which is what the non-caps one means (or at least that’s how I read it).
I am not “very sure” about anything; that’s not how it works; but I think pretty much everything I say here you can take as “very sure” in your worldview.
You did not even state whether the Earman book mentions Popper. Because, I took it, you don’t know. so … wtf? that’s the best you can do?
My apologies. I would have thought it was clear that when one recommends a book one is doing so because it has material that is relevant that one is talking about. Yes, the he discusses various ideas due to Popper.
That’s ambiguous. Does he discuss Popper directly? Or, say, some of Popper’s students? Does the book have, say, more than 20 quotes of Popper, with commentary? More than 10? Any detailed, serious discuss of Popper? If it does, how do you know that having not read it? Is the discussion of Popper tainted by the common myths?
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Moving the goalposts, also known as raising the bar, is an informal logically fallacious argument in which evidence presented in response to a specific claim is dismissed and some other (often greater) evidence is demanded. In other words, after an attempt has been made to score a goal, the goalposts are moved to exclude the attempt. This attempts to leave the impression that an argument had a fair hearing while actually reaching a preordained conclusion.
Stop being a jerk. He didn’t even state whether it mentions Popper, let alone whether it does more than mention. The first thing wasn’t a goal post. You’re being super pedantic but you’re also wrong. It’s not charming.
That’s ambiguous. Does he discuss Popper directly? Or, say, some of Popper’s students? Does the book have, say, more than 20 quotes of Popper, with commentary? More than 10? Any detailed, serious discuss of Popper? If it does, how do you know that having not read it? Is the discussion of Popper tainted by the common myths?
Some Less Wrongers recommend stuff that doesn’t have the specific stuff they claim it does have, e.g. the Mathematical Statistics book. IME it’s quite common that recommendations don’t have what they are supposed to even when people directly claim it’s there.
You seem to think I believe this stuff because I’m a beginner; that’s an insulting non-argument. I already know how to take outside views, I am not emotionally involved. I already know how to deal with such issues, and have done so.
None of your post here really has any substance. It’s also psychological and meta topics you’ve brought up. Maybe I shouldn’t have fed you any replies at all about them. But that’s why I’m not answering the rest.
Please don’t move goalposts and pretend they were there all along. You asked whether he mentioned Popper, to which I answered yes. I don’t know the answers to your above questions, and they really don’t have anything to do with the central points, the claims that I “pressured” you to read Earman based on his being a professional.
This confuses me.
Ok. This confuses me since earlier you had this exchange:
That discussion was about a week ago.
I’m also confused about where you are getting any reason to think that I think that you believe what you do because you are a “beginner”- it doesn’t help matters that I’m not sure what you mean by that term in this context.
But if you are very sure that you don’t have any emotional aspect coming into play then I will try to refrain from suggesting otherwise until we get more concrete data such as per Jim’s suggestion.
I have never been interested in people who mention Popper but people who address his ideas (well). I don’t know why you think I’m moving goalposts.
There’s a difference between “Outside View” and “outside view”. I certainly know what it means to look at things from another perspective which is what the non-caps one means (or at least that’s how I read it).
I am not “very sure” about anything; that’s not how it works; but I think pretty much everything I say here you can take as “very sure” in your worldview.
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Stop being a jerk. He didn’t even state whether it mentions Popper, let alone whether it does more than mention. The first thing wasn’t a goal post. You’re being super pedantic but you’re also wrong. It’s not charming.