This part resonates with me; my experience in philosophy of science + talking to people unfamiliar with philosophy of science also led me to the same conclusion:
“You talk it out on the object level,” said the Epistemologist. “You debate out how the world probably is. And you don’t let anybody come forth with a claim that Epistemology means the conversation instantly ends in their favor.”
“Wait, so your whole lesson is simply ‘Shut up about epistemology’?” said the Scientist.
“If only it were that easy!” said the Epistemologist. “Most people don’t even know when they’re talking about epistemology, see? That’s why we need Epistemologists—to notice when somebody has started trying to invoke epistemology, and tell them to shut up and get back to the object level.”
The main benefit of learning about philosophy is to protect you from bad philosophy. And there’s a ton of bad philosophy done in the name of Empiricism, philosophy masquerading as science.
This part resonates with me; my experience in philosophy of science + talking to people unfamiliar with philosophy of science also led me to the same conclusion:
The main benefit of learning about philosophy is to protect you from bad philosophy. And there’s a ton of bad philosophy done in the name of Empiricism, philosophy masquerading as science.
Very Wittgensteinian: