Knowledge, Reality, and Value: Huemer’s Response, Part 1

Here’s Mike Huemer’s first set of responses to me and you.

About Bryan’s Comments

Thanks to Bryan for his fair and helpful comments on part 1. There isn’t much that we disagree about. But here are some thoughts about Bryan’s comments.

1. Philosophical progress:

It’s fair to say that philosophy makes slower and less impressive progress than the natural sciences, or even economics. (But not less than the other humanities and social sciences.) And there are at least some 2,000-year-old issues that...