How exactly does this differ from, “if the truth is on the wrong side politically, so much the worse for the truth”?
It differs in that there is no truth involved. The entire conversation is about which models and ontologies are best, without specifying what purpose they’re serving. The abstraction is avoiding talking about any actual truth (what predictions will be made, and how the bets will be resolved), while asserting that it improves some abstract concept of truth.
It differs in that there is no truth involved. The entire conversation is about which models and ontologies are best, without specifying what purpose they’re serving. The abstraction is avoiding talking about any actual truth (what predictions will be made, and how the bets will be resolved), while asserting that it improves some abstract concept of truth.