My conception is, in order to optimize agency (eudaimonia), the latter (praxis) applies, or strives for, the former (arete).Ethics seems to have a very deep connection with epistemology. — TheMadFool
I think truth and knowledge is good for atheists, scientists and materialists, but it is detrimental to theists, Christians and the otherwise religious. — god must be atheist
Keep in mind the distinction between truth and validity, and the a priori and contingent. And do not ever confuse logic with communication, especially with a woman. — tim wood
My conception is, in order to optimize agency (eudaimonia), the latter (praxis) applies, or strives for, the former (arete). — 180 Proof
Truth table for p v ~p
p v ~p
T T FT
F T TF — TheMadFool
Like telling a kid santa clause does not exist. :) — Tiberiusmoon
Ethics seems to have a very deep connection with epistemology. — TheMadFool
Either there's enough gas in my car to get me to town or there isn't enough gas in the car to get me to town.So, if you want to tell the truth about tomorrow and rain you could say, either it'll rain tomorrow OR it'll not rain tomorrow. The same logic applies to any other proposition.
Conclusion: It's possible to always tell truths. — TheMadFool
How about, solely for the purposes of an experiment, viewing that person as immature, naive; or as bossy and aggressive, rather than as a moral ideal?I have someone very close to me who has zero tolerance for lies - comes down hard on anyone caught lying - and the reason for that attitude is 100% ethical in flavor.
Either one is ethically duty-bound to always tell the truth, or one is not ethically duty-bound to always tell the truth.Taking into account that one is ethically duty-bound to always tell the truth, isn't it rather intriguing that one way of doing that is by resorting to a tautological disjunction (p v ~p)?
Only when one is in fact uncertain.Thus, in some sense, being honest/truthful is to admit one is uncertain.
Such is the view of virtue epistemologists: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology-virtue/Ethics seems to have a very deep connection with epistemology.
I can't follow ... what does any of this has to do with "true" and "good" or the OP? (Here are my two bits on 'wisdom'.) — 180 Proof
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