hyporational comments on Mainstream Epistemology for LessWrong, Part 1: Feldman on Evidentialism

hyporational 20 Nov 2013 0:40 UTC
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Why are you failing to distinguish between “P” and “a person claiming P”? They are distinct things.

I’m not, I know they’re distinct things. It seems to me you misundertood me. What’s with the tone?

And there’s no reason anyone needs a “perfect map” to talk about truth any more than a perfect map is needed to talk about snow being white.

I know that.
- nshepperd 20 Nov 2013 1:16 UTC
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  So if you agree about that, why are you saying things like
  
  If our p 0.9 proposition coincides with what the world is actually like, then we must assume someone has a 100 % accurate model of what the world is actually like to make that claim.
  
  How is the “if” connected to the “then” of that sentence? Your thinking isn’t making any sense to me.
  - hyporational 20 Nov 2013 1:23 UTC
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    That quote shouldn’t make sense to you, and it’s not my thinking. Keep in mind I’m not endorsing a notion of truth here, I’m questioning it.