I don’t think that my ‘platonian’ beliefs are on-topic here on Less Wrong,
Really? Understanding and clarifying the concepts and categories we use to organize our beliefs seems pretty damn on topic compared cryonics, personal identity and creating a billion dollars out of nothing.
Not to mention I’m pretty sure nominalism is wrong/bad so I’d really like to know if all the smart people here disagree with me. And if indeed we find overlapping views here we might find that a particular ‘metaphysical’ view (terrible term) is more conducive to thinking rationally, which would be interesting.
Really? Understanding and clarifying the concepts and categories we use to organize our beliefs seems pretty damn on topic compared cryonics, personal identity and creating a billion dollars out of nothing.
Not to mention I’m pretty sure nominalism is wrong/bad so I’d really like to know if all the smart people here disagree with me. And if indeed we find overlapping views here we might find that a particular ‘metaphysical’ view (terrible term) is more conducive to thinking rationally, which would be interesting.
Data point: I think I’m what’s called a conceptualist.
I believe exactly this.