If empiricism just means gathering observations, stamp collecting style, then i dont see where the truth preservation comes in. I can see where truth preservation comes into making predictions from evidence you already have, but that seems to use logical inference.
If you draw a line around an entity, then there will be information crossing that line, which is new, unpredictable, and “produced” as far as that entity is concerned.
I meant we are supposed to have already chosen a set of truth preserving mathematical and logical rules.
Could you give an example of how to use “there are no moral truths” to guide your actions?
If empiricism just means gathering observations, stamp collecting style, then i dont see where the truth preservation comes in. I can see where truth preservation comes into making predictions from evidence you already have, but that seems to use logical inference.
Could you taboo “truth preservation?”
Could you give an example of how to use “there are no moral truths” to guide your actions?
“Nothing is objectively right or wrong, therefore I will do whatever I feel like as long as I can get away with it.”
You or I might not consider this to be good moral behavior, but for a person who believed both that moral rules are only worth following if they’re objective, and that objective moral rules do not exist, it would be a reasonable conclusion to draw.
Atheism is, of course, a belief. It’s a belief that there are not any gods.
The belief that there are no objective moral rules only guides your actions to the extent that it may relieve you of constraints that you might have had if you thought there were any. But whether any other moral code is “better” than this would simply come down to a matter of value judgment.
If empiricism just means gathering observations, stamp collecting style, then i dont see where the truth preservation comes in. I can see where truth preservation comes into making predictions from evidence you already have, but that seems to use logical inference.
If you draw a line around an entity, then there will be information crossing that line, which is new, unpredictable, and “produced” as far as that entity is concerned.
I meant we are supposed to have already chosen a set of truth preserving mathematical and logical rules.
Could you give an example of how to use “there are no moral truths” to guide your actions?
Could you taboo “truth preservation?”
“Nothing is objectively right or wrong, therefore I will do whatever I feel like as long as I can get away with it.”
You or I might not consider this to be good moral behavior, but for a person who believed both that moral rules are only worth following if they’re objective, and that objective moral rules do not exist, it would be a reasonable conclusion to draw.
Who the problem with truthpreservation? It’s a technical term, and i gave a link
Your notion of using metaethical nihilism to guide action is analogous to treating atheism as a belief. Your actions would be unguided.
Atheism is, of course, a belief. It’s a belief that there are not any gods.
The belief that there are no objective moral rules only guides your actions to the extent that it may relieve you of constraints that you might have had if you thought there were any. But whether any other moral code is “better” than this would simply come down to a matter of value judgment.