tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726083.post3766674422517006639..comments2023-10-10T09:46:13.964-04:00Comments on Tillers on Evidence and Inference: Some Implications & Presuppositions of MarshalPlan (Multiplicity and Simplicity Are Not Cause for Embarrassment or Regret)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03081983465036974432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726083.post-83603258132142896312009-08-10T21:14:27.569-04:002009-08-10T21:14:27.569-04:00Tim, Spiritually speaking (if I may speak this way...Tim, Spiritually speaking (if I may speak this way) I am more closely aligned to your views than to anyone else's; viz., I think you have exactly the right approach to the relationship between (a) logic or formal analysis and (b) commonsense or ordinary reasoning -- and I sometimes genuinely wonder why not everyone in the world immediately sees that your view of that relationship is correct. Peter TAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081983465036974432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726083.post-19719445711932576512009-08-05T09:16:54.317-04:002009-08-05T09:16:54.317-04:00Peter, interesting post. A related point is that ...Peter, interesting post. A related point is that *complex* evidence marshalling frameworks or strategies may be unnecessary or even detrimental to the functioning of our common sense/intelligence. Maybe the way we mostly do things now, so often seems like a kind of muddling through, is some kind of optimum in the "structured" spectrum. Certainly this issue of "what degree of formality/structure can actually enhance human reasoning?" is one that I've been grappling with for while.Tim van Gelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351966361562441959noreply@blogger.com