Yoav Ravid comments on The Problem of the Criterion

[Yoav Ravid]

Certainty. A huge issue in early modern philosophy which has now been largely abandoned.

Completeness. Everything is either true or false, nothing is neither.

Consistency. Nothing is both true and false.

Convergence. Everyone can agree.

Objectivity: Everyone can agree on something that’s actually true

Except for consistency, none of these seem actually desirable as requirements.

Certainty: Don’t need it, I’m fine with probabilities.

Completeness: I don’t need everything to be either true or false, I just need everything to have a justifiable probability.

Consistency: Agree.

Convergence+Objectivity: No Universally Compelling Arguments

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Completeness: I don’t need everything to be either true or false, I just need everything to have a justifiable probability.

That’s also Completeness.

Convergence+ObjectivityConvergence

Giving up on convergence has practical consequences. To be Consistent, you need to give up on the stance that your views are a slam dunk, and the other tribe’s views are indefensible.