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I don’t believe the question is actually answered! Just a list of heretical views and why they may be considered heretical. Fascinating article.
by jmercouris 5y ago
I don’t believe the question is actually answered! Just a list of heretical views and why they may be considered heretical. Fascinating article.
- bediger4000 5y agoI think you're correct: Cowen never answers the question. He does do the philosophy thing, and try to provide categories of heresy. I'm tempted to be snarky and try to tie Cowen's "economics curmudgeon" reputation into this and say that Cowen is just trying to toot his own horn, like the "Intellectual Dark Web" folks did, but that's uncharitable. How about "heresy is a canon law thing and doesn't make sense outside of some rigid system of religious authority" as a take? I mean, Triclavianism is (maybe) a Catholic heresy, but virtually all the world's population would either shrug it off, or laugh. Of course Triclavianism is in Cowen's #3, Not globally heretical.
- wombatmobile 5y agoHow can the question be answered without first defining "heretical"? TFA seems to use the term to mean "mainstream" or "popular"? I'm sure it doesn't mean "sanctioned by the Catholic Church", which is the meaning I had associated with that term before thinking about it.
- lordnacho 5y agoYes it seems to mean "unconventional" rather than against some established orthodoxy such as Catholicism. That lowers the bar considerably, plus it opens it up to things that are merely unlikely: Man Utd will win the premier league this year, world war 3 will break out in Ukraine, Trump will be restored.