(September 23, 2021 at 5:35 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: ^^^
Agreed. Plato wasn't an empiricist. If Brian37 wanted to criticize someone for being a "shitty scientist," he might have a go at Aristotle.
@Brian37
I take issue with calling Plato's work "mental masturbation." Plato was incredibly thoughtful and insightful. Sure, he was wrong about some things. But, I don't think Plato ever said he was right about everything, nor did he think his errors shouldn't be corrected. He made a damn good attempt at the truth and hit the nail on the head quite regularly. That's not mental masturbation. That's good philosophizing.
Agreed on both. For example, Aristotle claimed that women have fewer teeth than men. Kind of bizarre that he never bothered to ask either of his wives to open her mouth so that he could, you know, count.
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