I agree, but a priori I suspect that philosophers of physics and others without heavy subject matter knowledge of quantum mechanics have leaned too heavily on this. Spending one’s life thinking about something can result subconscious acquisition of implicit knowledge of things that are obliquely related. People who haven’t had this experience may be at a disadvantage.
But note that philosophers of physics sometimes make whole careers thinking about this, and they are among the most high-caliber philosophers. They may be at an advantage in terms of this criterion.
I can’t think of a reference in print for my claim about what almost all philosophers think. I think a lot of them would find it too obvious to say, and wouldn’t bother to write a paper about it. But, for what it’s worth, I attended a couple of conferences on philosophy of physics held at Rutgers, with many leading people in the field, and talked about this question and never heard anyone express an opposing opinion. And I was taught about interpretations of QM from some leading people in philosophy of physics.
What I’m anchoring on here is the situation in the field of philosophy of math, where lack of experience with the practice of math seriously undercuts most philosophers’ ability to do it well. There are exceptions, for example I consider Imre Lakatos to be one. Maybe the situation is different in philosophy of physics.
But note that philosophers of physics sometimes make whole careers thinking about this, and they are among the most high-caliber philosophers. They may be at an advantage in terms of this criterion.
I can’t think of a reference in print for my claim about what almost all philosophers think. I think a lot of them would find it too obvious to say, and wouldn’t bother to write a paper about it. But, for what it’s worth, I attended a couple of conferences on philosophy of physics held at Rutgers, with many leading people in the field, and talked about this question and never heard anyone express an opposing opinion. And I was taught about interpretations of QM from some leading people in philosophy of physics.
What I’m anchoring on here is the situation in the field of philosophy of math, where lack of experience with the practice of math seriously undercuts most philosophers’ ability to do it well. There are exceptions, for example I consider Imre Lakatos to be one. Maybe the situation is different in philosophy of physics.