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#36 Peter Boghossian - Having Better Conversations About Philosophy

Within Reason

CHAPTER

The Importance of Evidence in Conversations

Don't just present your evidence. Right? I mean, to be crystal clear with you, I have literally zero evidence that the Earth is not a globe like nothing. But let's say I had what I thought was evidence. I cannot present you with that evidence unless I know that you would consider that sufficient to change your mind about something. So why don't we shoot for a really obvious belief that I hold and start evaluating it?" "We need to create cultures in which saying I don't know is actually valued and rewarded," he says.

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