Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:06 pm
The sophists got a bad rap. As if Plato didn't say a lot of nonsense. He was a great author in terms of his stylistic abilities, his clarity, etc., but he had mostly crap conclusions.
Sounds like you have some normative notion of "crapness" in your mind...
Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:06 pm
The example gave an adequate explanation already.
It is? By what normative standard for "adequacy".
Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:06 pm
If it's obvious that statistical norms don't imply normatives, why wouldn't we require a justification for a claim that statistical norms do imply normatives?
Because you said "Justification is not requires in general". By the soundness property in logic that implies justification is not required in particular either.
And yet you are insisting on it. That's special pleading.
Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:06 pm
For that matter, since when do
you buy
anything without some sort of justification? Your whole schtick is "asshat playing stupid" where you want everything justified ad infinitum.
That shows great misunderstanding of "my schtick" on your behalf. I am only hold you accountable to the schtick you've chosen for yourself.
I don't need justification for descriptive statements - anyone can say anything they want about the world. You can even say that the world doesn't exist. Look! I am saying it - nothing happens!
The only sort of things I demand justifications for is choices. Cost/benefit analysis on decisions. Expected returns should we choose to alter trajectory.
Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:06 pm
I didn't make any claim about anything being true or false aside from people having a disposition if they do.
You clearly stated "justification is needed". Are you now saying that's not true?
Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:06 pm
Re understanding, I already explained that to you. I'm not going to repeat it (to you).
So it happens that understanding recursion is a necessary condition for understanding understanding.
Something tells me you don't understand recursion.