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In reply to @parseb.eth
Brent 🎩@bf
2/15/2024

Do any of these things happen in modern philosophy? Seems like “progress” happens in adjacent fields like the sciences or math/logic or linguistics or psychology. But how do you know if the philosophy field is actually making progress? Is novelty progress?

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Brent 🎩@bf
2/15/2024

I guess I wonder if philosophy might be more comparable to the arts. Progress in art is not really measurable or at all objective. You only know it when you see it.

In reply to @bf
2/15/2024

Logic is a sub-field of philosophy. Don't think there's any leaps without novelty. Would argue that even accidental discoveries require a degree of openness to novelty.