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Street Epistemology - Practice
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice
(November 27, 2017 at 10:30 pm)curiosne Wrote:
(November 27, 2017 at 10:03 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: 1.)  Why
2.)  No... and the question is still why wouldn't the conclusion still follow?  Let's say that the only thing different is frequency (extraordinary).  Why and how does this change things?
3.) Would you say then that your epistemology is largely based on feelings, and the opinion of the crowd?   I don't condemn looking to other's for vindiation.  However I do think that is only valid, if they give you reasons.   If it's just that they subjectively agree, I don't think we have gotten very far down the road.

1) The exact same reason that you would justify how sufficient evidence needs to be for the nature of the claim. I still do not understand your train of thought. Obviously you also have a spectrum of how much evidence you need (from low epistemic burden to high) for the evidence to be sufficient to justify a particular claim. How do you determine when there is an epistemic burden and also how much evidence you would deem sufficient?
2) Same reason that you gave me when I claimed that I had $10...ie there is no epistemic burden on the $10 claim. So I would not look further into Abbondon_ire's dog claim. But would you not agree that there is an epistemic burden on Abbondon_ire when he claims to have a Zebra?
3) No. I assess other people's opinions for logical sense and to compare whether my reasoning is sound. My feelings aren't considered for any conclusions that I reach for any claims that I consider. When I ask other's opinions, I look for points of disagreements to my view to see whether they are valid point or not.

I agree, that you are not understanding.  What I am trying to say, is that there is no sliding, subjective low to high epistemically burden, based on your or my incredulity, or how common it is.  I would say that it is difficult to pin down exactly where that line  is, and I think we will vary there, and I don’t quibble over an allowance for that.  However as you agreed, that the same reason and logic should produce the same results, the same applies epistemologically.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
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Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 20, 2017 at 11:16 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 20, 2017 at 11:24 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 20, 2017 at 11:28 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 20, 2017 at 11:34 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 20, 2017 at 11:45 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 21, 2017 at 12:04 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 21, 2017 at 12:10 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Crossless2.0 - November 21, 2017 at 10:36 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 21, 2017 at 10:51 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Crossless2.0 - November 21, 2017 at 12:45 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 21, 2017 at 4:32 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Fireball - November 20, 2017 at 11:46 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Succubus - November 20, 2017 at 11:49 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Nay_Sayer - November 30, 2017 at 9:40 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 21, 2017 at 12:34 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 21, 2017 at 12:35 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 21, 2017 at 12:47 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 21, 2017 at 1:02 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 21, 2017 at 1:30 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 21, 2017 at 1:32 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 21, 2017 at 1:42 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 21, 2017 at 1:49 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 21, 2017 at 1:59 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 21, 2017 at 2:05 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 21, 2017 at 6:26 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 21, 2017 at 10:14 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 22, 2017 at 1:32 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 22, 2017 at 7:01 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 22, 2017 at 5:13 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 23, 2017 at 8:34 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Edwardo Piet - November 21, 2017 at 6:31 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 21, 2017 at 6:34 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Grandizer - November 30, 2017 at 8:29 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Neo-Scholastic - January 3, 2018 at 8:55 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by vulcanlogician - January 3, 2018 at 9:02 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Edwardo Piet - November 21, 2017 at 7:05 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Edwardo Piet - November 22, 2017 at 5:45 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 22, 2017 at 5:53 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 22, 2017 at 6:14 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Edwardo Piet - November 23, 2017 at 4:15 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 23, 2017 at 5:26 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Edwardo Piet - November 23, 2017 at 5:51 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 23, 2017 at 5:55 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 24, 2017 at 6:23 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by vulcanlogician - November 24, 2017 at 12:00 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 24, 2017 at 1:14 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by vulcanlogician - December 15, 2017 at 8:42 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by downbeatplumb - November 30, 2017 at 3:17 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 26, 2017 at 6:34 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 10:22 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Abaddon_ire - November 27, 2017 at 12:38 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 1:15 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 1:48 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 2:21 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 2:44 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 4:04 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 4:35 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 4:46 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 5:06 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Abaddon_ire - November 27, 2017 at 5:59 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by polymath257 - January 18, 2018 at 9:03 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - January 18, 2018 at 11:18 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by polymath257 - January 18, 2018 at 11:34 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - January 18, 2018 at 11:47 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - January 19, 2018 at 12:58 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by polymath257 - January 19, 2018 at 2:26 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - January 19, 2018 at 8:18 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - January 22, 2018 at 6:05 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - January 22, 2018 at 6:10 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - January 22, 2018 at 6:27 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - January 22, 2018 at 7:46 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - January 22, 2018 at 8:03 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - January 22, 2018 at 8:59 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 27, 2017 at 7:55 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Abaddon_ire - November 27, 2017 at 8:16 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 10:03 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 27, 2017 at 10:30 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 10:59 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 28, 2017 at 12:04 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 28, 2017 at 12:08 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 28, 2017 at 5:55 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 28, 2017 at 8:55 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 28, 2017 at 9:11 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 29, 2017 at 5:42 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Abaddon_ire - November 29, 2017 at 5:52 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 29, 2017 at 6:00 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 29, 2017 at 7:49 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 30, 2017 at 1:39 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 30, 2017 at 11:55 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 30, 2017 at 7:35 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - December 2, 2017 at 1:11 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - December 3, 2017 at 11:08 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - December 4, 2017 at 6:29 am
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - December 4, 2017 at 7:45 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - January 3, 2018 at 9:03 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - January 11, 2018 at 7:53 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - January 17, 2018 at 9:15 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - January 18, 2018 at 8:30 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - January 22, 2018 at 9:51 pm
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - January 22, 2018 at 11:37 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - January 23, 2018 at 8:55 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - November 27, 2017 at 6:37 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 9:56 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by The Grand Nudger - November 27, 2017 at 12:41 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Edwardo Piet - November 27, 2017 at 8:00 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by The Grand Nudger - November 27, 2017 at 10:01 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Abaddon_ire - November 28, 2017 at 3:50 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by The Grand Nudger - November 27, 2017 at 11:06 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Edwardo Piet - November 27, 2017 at 11:11 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 27, 2017 at 11:17 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Edwardo Piet - November 28, 2017 at 12:25 am
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Abaddon_ire - November 28, 2017 at 12:35 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Edwardo Piet - November 28, 2017 at 12:50 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - November 28, 2017 at 12:54 am
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by Edwardo Piet - November 28, 2017 at 3:02 am
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RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by RoadRunner79 - December 12, 2017 at 10:07 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by curiosne - December 13, 2017 at 6:34 pm
RE: Street Epistemology - Practice - by The Grand Nudger - January 20, 2018 at 2:16 am

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