I don’t think philosophy is unreasonably effective. It’s at least plausible that we’ve got some ability to become conscious of relevant similarities. This ability is useful in a wide range of contexts. [1]
Once you have the ability, it’s unsurprising if it’s effective when an effort is made to apply it to broad commonalities of how the world and experience work.
[1] Even if we were mostly selected for talking each other into things, I don’t know how conscious the process is for people who are naturally good at it. Anyone have information?
My hypothesis is that while there are elementary skills which are unconscious for those with natural skills, there are more complex problems that such people handle consciously.
I don’t think philosophy is unreasonably effective. It’s at least plausible that we’ve got some ability to become conscious of relevant similarities. This ability is useful in a wide range of contexts. [1]
Once you have the ability, it’s unsurprising if it’s effective when an effort is made to apply it to broad commonalities of how the world and experience work.
[1] Even if we were mostly selected for talking each other into things, I don’t know how conscious the process is for people who are naturally good at it. Anyone have information?
My hypothesis is that while there are elementary skills which are unconscious for those with natural skills, there are more complex problems that such people handle consciously.