Ask Me Anything | May
Post your questions by Thursday
Supporting Subscribers! It’s time to share your questions with Peter Boghossian for this month’s Ask Me Anything.
Post your questions here by sundown (your time) on Thursday, May 25. Gina will present your inquiries to Peter on video and share the results next week. We can’t wait to hear what's on your mind.
Hey Pete, it's your favorite truck driver. Regarding "Epistemology For People In A Hurry," the reason why I'm hoping you'll write a book like this is because I want to know if I'm wrong about something. It seems to me that scientific epistemology is the only one that seems to be working. It seems to me like the basis of its functionality is it's emphasis on falsifiability. While we can regard measurements as true for all practical purposes it seems to me that we should never regard a scientific theory is true. It seems to me that the boldest claim that science makes is rejecting the null hypothesis. In 1919, Sir Arthur Eddington took measurements that proved gravity was not a force. This could never be said to prove Einstein right but Newton was definitely wrong. I think we can apply this principle beyond measurable science. For example, a strictly logical claim that has no physical measurements should not be said to be true but if it exhibits and logical fallacy it should be regarded as false (the logic is false, the claim might be true). I tell people that this is my epistemology. So let's apply falsifiability to these statements. Have I used any of these words correctly? Does this have anything to do with epistemology?
Let's do the opposite of a struggle session!
Finally finished The Reformers by Mike Nayna.
When you first met James Lindsay in 2015, what did you perceive to be his virtues? What did you discover over the years that wasn't obvious at first? Are these virtues a good basis for friendship?