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So? How is that foundationalism?
So? How is that foundationalism?
#4400·Dennis HackethalOP, 10 days ago“Justification without finality is fake.” (#4391) In other words, if it doesn’t claim to be final, it’s not justification.
So? How is that foundationalism?
#554·Tom Nassis, over 1 year agoVeritula deserves to scale to the size of Wikipedia.
But it never will, unless its users innovate.
How can the global success of Wikipedia inspire Veritula?
#3419·Dennis HackethalOP, 3 months agoIdea: voice spaces, like Twitter spaces, except an AI generates a transcript and automatically turns it into a discussion tree, with criticism chains and all.
This seems overkill for now. If people want to do this off-platform and then feed it into Veritula, they can do that.
“Justification without finality is fake.” (#4391) In other words, if it doesn’t claim to be final, it’s not justification.
#4262·Dennis HackethalOP, 26 days agoAnother idea: letting users post ideas to their own profile. Such ideas wouldn’t be part of a discussion.
Implemented as of ecc72ff. Check your profile.
This is the first idea posted straight to my profile, outside of discussions.
Acknowledge the contradiction between disregarding market developments and taking them into account
Dollar-Cost Averaging
Dollar-cost averaging (DCA) is when you invest a fixed amount on a regular basis regardless of market developments.
This practice can work well long term for assets that reflect the value of the entire stock market (or a big part of it).
Long term, we can expect the stock market as a whole to gain value. So if you invest part of your income every month, say, then your position will grow in the long run.
In the meantime, you get to reduce risk by not investing all your money at once. You also get to react to developments that affect the stock market and can decide to interrupt your investment schedule. But I personally like ‘boring’ investment strategies, meaning strategies that are automated and reliable.
Dollar-Cost Averaging
Dollar-cost averaging (DCA) is when you invest a fixed amount on a regular basis regardless of market developments.
This practice can work well long term for assets that reflect the value of the entire stock market (or a big part of it).
Long term, we can expect the stock market as a whole to gain value. So if you invest part of your income every month, say, then your position will grow in the long run.
In the meantime, you get to reduce risk by not investing all your money at once. You also get to react to developments that affect the stock market and can decide to interrupt your investment schedule. But again, the idea is typically to invest regardless of market developments. I personally like ‘boring’ investment strategies, meaning strategies that are automated and reliable.
#4152·Dennis Hackethal, about 1 month agoDollar-Cost Averaging
Dollar-cost averaging (DCA) is when you invest a fixed amount on a regular basis regardless of market developments.
This practice can work well long term for assets that reflect the value of the entire stock market (or a big part of it).
Long term, we can expect the stock market as a whole to gain value. So if you invest part of your income every month, say, then your position will grow in the long run.
In the meantime, you get to reduce risk by not investing all your money at once. You also get to react to developments that affect the stock market and can decide to interrupt your investment schedule. But I personally like ‘boring’ investment strategies, meaning strategies that are automated and reliable.
… regardless of market developments.
vs
You also get to react to developments …
A contradiction.
#4393·Dennis HackethalOP, 10 days agoBut this sounds like you’re saying justificationism is necessarily the same as foundationalism. Whereas in #4392 you agreed it’s only a kind of justifiationism.
Why does this sound like I am equating them?
#4391·Dirk Meulenbelt, 10 days agoIndeed. Justification without finality is fake.
"X is true because of Y, but we can discuss Y"
Is functionally the same as
"X is true and we can discuss why"
But this sounds like you’re saying justificationism is necessarily the same as foundationalism. Whereas in #4392 you agreed it’s only a kind of justifiationism.
#4383·Dennis HackethalOP revised 10 days agoDirk writes:
Foundationalism, or justificationism, is the idea that beliefs can be fully justified, proven true by some final authority beyond question.
I’m not sure foundationalism and justificationism are quite the same thing.
From BoI ch. 1 glossary:
[Justificationism is t]he misconception that knowledge can be genuine or reliable only if it is justified by some source or criterion.
Whereas foundationalism describes a prerequisite for knowledge to grow (properly). As in, needing a secure foundation or else the whole edifice falls apart.
I could see foundationalism being a flavor of justificationism, but not the same thing.
I’m not sure foundationalism and justificationism are quite the same thing.
You are right. Foundationalism is a kind of justificationism. The secure foundation is a kind of justification.
I will have to rewrite this in my article.
#4386·Dennis HackethalOP, 10 days agoJust because Dirk’s notion of justificationism breaks with BoI’s doesn’t mean Dirk is wrong. BoI could be wrong.
Indeed. Justification without finality is fake.
"X is true because of Y, but we can discuss Y"
Is functionally the same as
"X is true and we can discuss why"
The same passage quoted in #4388 (the first one) just links to an entire page with no quotes or section information. That makes verifying the information harder: readers would have to read the entire page.
Sources should be specific: either give a verbatim quote or link to a highlight.
The same passage quoted in #4388 (the first one) links to a secondary source on Popper. Secondary sources on Popper are usually bad. Use a primary source – something Popper himself said.
The article says:
A follower of the philosopher Karl Popper would object: isn’t this just foundationalism in disguise? … Popper showed that’s impossible: any justification needs a deeper justification, and that one needs another, so you either chase reasons forever or stop at one you can’t defend.
I didn’t read the entire linked page, but based on a word search for ‘regress’, it attributes the infinite-regress problem to Hans Albert, not Popper:
[Albert] argues that any attempt at justification faces a three-pronged difficulty that is traceable to Agrippa: One alternative leads to an infinite regress as one seeks to prove one assumption but then needs to assume some new one…
#4386·Dennis HackethalOP, 10 days agoJust because Dirk’s notion of justificationism breaks with BoI’s doesn’t mean Dirk is wrong. BoI could be wrong.
For a tiebreaker, consider this Wiktionary definition of justificationism (links removed):
An approach that regards the justification of a claim as primary, while the claim itself is secondary…
Since this quote doesn’t mention finality, it sounds more in line with BoI.
#4385·Dennis HackethalOP, 10 days agoThe article says:
[Justificationism] is the idea that beliefs can be fully justified, proven true by some final authority beyond question.
This definition breaks with BoI. The glossary from ch. 1 says:
[Justificationism is t]he misconception that knowledge can be genuine or reliable only if it is justified by some source or criterion.
Note that this second quote says nothing about finality “beyond question”.
Just because Dirk’s notion of justificationism breaks with BoI’s doesn’t mean Dirk is wrong. BoI could be wrong.
The article says:
[Justificationism] is the idea that beliefs can be fully justified, proven true by some final authority beyond question.
This definition breaks with BoI. The glossary from ch. 1 says:
[Justificationism is t]he misconception that knowledge can be genuine or reliable only if it is justified by some source or criterion.
Note that this second quote says nothing about finality “beyond question”.
Dirk writes:
Foundationalism, or justificationism, is the idea that beliefs can be fully justified, proven true by some final authority beyond question.
I’m not sure foundationalism and justificationism are quite the same thing.
From BoI ch. 1 glossary:
[Justificationism is t]he misconception that knowledge can be genuine or reliable only if it is justified by some source or criterion.
Whereas foundationalism describes a prerequisite for knowledge to grow (properly). As in, needing a secure foundation or else the whole edifice falls apart.
I could see foundationalism being a flavor of justificationism, but not the same thing.
Dirk writes:
Foundationalism, or justificationism, is the idea that beliefs can be fully justified, proven true by some final authority beyond question.
I’m not sure foundationalism and justificationism are quite the same thing.
From BoI ch. 1 glossary:
[Justificationism is t]he misconception that knowledge can be genuine or reliable only if it is justified by some source or criterion.
Whereas foundationalism describes a prerequisite for knowledge to grow (properly). As in, needing a secure foundation or else the whole edifice falls apart.
I could see foundationalism being a flavor of justificationism, but not the same thing.
Dirk writes:
Foundationalism, or justificationism, is the idea that beliefs can be fully justified, proven true by some final authority beyond question.
I’m not sure foundationalism and justificationism are quite the same thing.
From BoI ch. 1 glossary:
[Justificationism is t]he misconception that knowledge can be genuine or reliable only if it is justified by some source or criterion.
Whereas foundationalism describes a prerequisite for knowledge to grow (properly). As in, needing a secure foundation or else the whole edifice falls apart.
I could see foundationalism being a flavor of justificationism, but not the same thing.
#4379·Benjamin Davies, 12 days agoThe same decision may be appealed only once.
Does this not inhibit error correction? Why not just leave this to the discretion of Veritula, on a case by case basis?
As written, a limitation is placed on users, not on Veritula. I want to set expectations and protect my time by preventing an obligation to have extended discussions over moderation decisions. I remain free to make exceptions.