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jacques_chester
on Dec 8, 2012
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Train Philosophers with Pearl and Kahneman, not Pl...
So, you
imagine
what a philosopher does, and then tell this imaginary philosopher what to do?
Doesn't that strike you as awful presumptuous?
EliRivers
on Dec 8, 2012
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Well, we have to imagine philosopher; the philosopher Form can only be known to us through our experiences with "philosophers" we encounter, from which we can build an idea of the true Form philosopher :p
jacques_chester
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Except this fellow hasn't even left the cave, he's yelling at the shadow of a shadow of a philosopher.
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Doesn't that strike you as awful presumptuous?