Meta-philosophy hypothesis: Philosophy is the process of reifying fuzzy concepts that humans use. By “fuzzy concepts” I mean things where we can say “I know it when I see it.” but we might not be able to describe what “it” is.
Examples that I believe support the hypothesis:
This shortform is about the philosophy of “philosophy” and this hypothesis is an attempt at an explanation of what we mean by “philosophy”.
In epistemology, Bayesian epistemology is a hypothesis that explains the process of learning.
In ethics, an ethical theory attempts to make explicit our moral intuitions.
A clear explanation of consciousness and qualia would be considered philosophical progress.
>”I know it when I see it.” but we might not be able to describe what “it” is.
hard to generate easy to verify functions. Related: Gendlin’s ‘sharp’ blank, or a blank that knows what it is looking for, eg tip of the tongue phenomena, or forgetting what you’re looking for and then remembering when you see it.
Meta-philosophy hypothesis: Philosophy is the process of reifying fuzzy concepts that humans use. By “fuzzy concepts” I mean things where we can say “I know it when I see it.” but we might not be able to describe what “it” is.
Examples that I believe support the hypothesis:
This shortform is about the philosophy of “philosophy” and this hypothesis is an attempt at an explanation of what we mean by “philosophy”.
In epistemology, Bayesian epistemology is a hypothesis that explains the process of learning.
In ethics, an ethical theory attempts to make explicit our moral intuitions.
A clear explanation of consciousness and qualia would be considered philosophical progress.
>”I know it when I see it.” but we might not be able to describe what “it” is.
hard to generate easy to verify functions. Related: Gendlin’s ‘sharp’ blank, or a blank that knows what it is looking for, eg tip of the tongue phenomena, or forgetting what you’re looking for and then remembering when you see it.