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elliot @elliotcc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I don't quite know how to put it but I think there is a distinction within analytic philosophy between work that simply states a new idea and its motivations, deal with the obvious objections, etc. and work that tries to get you to deeply understand a problem and appreciate its connections...

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elliot @elliotcc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

...to other issues, which often aren't obvious. The second kind might defend a particular view, but its value lies less in its persuasiveness than in its illumination of the territory. The first kind of work is more 'scientistic,' in the sense that it looks more science on its face. There's good...

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elliot @elliotcc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

...good work of both kinds, but I think every work of philosophy that I've been deeply inspired by falls in the second category. When people describe the goal of philosophy as pursuing the truth, I think that makes (even analytic) philosophy sound more like science than it really is.

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