It is (in my experience online) often claimed that appeal to expert consensus on a topic is an instance of the ad populum or "appeal to the masses" informal fallacy. Consider this example of interlocutors we can call A and B for convenience' sake. A: Why do you believe in anthropogenic climate change? B: Well, … Continue reading Are Appeals to Expert Consensus Fallacious?
Category: Philosophy
Wittgenstein on whether “Thinking is a mental process”
This post like my last one is content from a seminar assignment. I was prompted to answer whether Wittgenstein would agree with the claim that "thinking is a mental process" in roughly 500 words. Here is my take on the matter, which I find useful in that I attempt to clarify why some readings of … Continue reading Wittgenstein on whether “Thinking is a mental process”
Fragmentary Questions and Comments from My First Encounter with Wittgenstein’s “Philosophical Investigations”
I would be remiss in not giving some preliminary context for the present post, so here goes. This past semester at University I took an advanced undergraduate seminar on Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations" and it was, if nothing else, a formative philosophical experience. This was not only my first formal interaction with Wittgenstein's work, but … Continue reading Fragmentary Questions and Comments from My First Encounter with Wittgenstein’s “Philosophical Investigations”
My Key Philosophical Views
In this post I will answer some questions from the PhilPapers surveys in order to document some of my key philosophical positions and positions on a few issues I find important or interesting. This will not be exhaustive, I will cover the essentials and a handful of other things for now, although eventually I would … Continue reading My Key Philosophical Views
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