I’ve skated over a lot of the detail in many of the arguments, which may make them look sloppier than they really are. I’m trying to summarize 70 pages of material in one blog post, remember. In fact Feldman tries very hard to present the arguments carefully, at least by the standards of careful reasoning that currently prevail in philosophy.
On the other hand, from a LessWrong point of view, the entire thing could very easily look like it’s based on a failure to realize that certain generalizations are always going to be leaky no matter what you do.
I’ve skated over a lot of the detail in many of the arguments, which may make them look sloppier than they really are. I’m trying to summarize 70 pages of material in one blog post, remember. In fact Feldman tries very hard to present the arguments carefully, at least by the standards of careful reasoning that currently prevail in philosophy.
On the other hand, from a LessWrong point of view, the entire thing could very easily look like it’s based on a failure to realize that certain generalizations are always going to be leaky no matter what you do.