No Progress in Philosophy (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, July 23, 2015, 16:12 (3205 days ago) @ dhw


> DAVID: Thanks again for another wonderful article. No wonder dhw and I keep at it, but I think have taught him a great deal, even if I can't convince him. 
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> dhw: David has indeed taught me a great deal. (Pssst, he may have learned a few things from me, but please don't tell him - he likes to think he knows it all.) -George's article tells us that philosophy may have advanced our ways about thinking about deeper truths, but we are still at Aristotle's level, and in comparison, I find the same result in noting that you are still on your picket fence, unable to reach conclusions. And more surprising, the experts you throw at me are generally from information I have presented to you.- As an example of experts disagreeing, global warming comes to mind: alarmists and deniers. Please keep in mind there is room for both. I am on the side of the deniers who in a nuanced fashion point out there is certainly current warming from the previous Little Ice Age (1450-1800)but no need for extreme alarm over the small possibility of excessive warming since the actual temperatures don't fit any of the predictive alarmist models.