Fair—I meant more at the margin, it’s hard to tell the difference between a quite good chef with a very good recipe and vice versa. Likewise there are many obviously bad epistemologies, but the ones that are still in serious contention, that successful philosophers use, will all be at least pretty good.
In this context, I’d probably say a successful philosopher is one who discerns truths that weren’t previously known. (This is not unique to philosophers.)
Fair—I meant more at the margin, it’s hard to tell the difference between a quite good chef with a very good recipe and vice versa. Likewise there are many obviously bad epistemologies, but the ones that are still in serious contention, that successful philosophers use, will all be at least pretty good.
Mm. How do we recognize a successful philosopher?
Good question! How would you go about answering that?
In this context, I’d probably say a successful philosopher is one who discerns truths that weren’t previously known. (This is not unique to philosophers.)