There is a DEEP fallacy here, discussed in the work of Thomas Kuhn, Ludwig Wittgenstein and the work of philosopher Larry Wright on formal and informal reasoning, and in the work of Friedrich Hayek on explanation in economics.
Think about how formalization gave Carnap a massively false view of science and knowledge. Think how formalization made math economists believe that socialism was possible, and the an equilibrium construct was an "economy" or somehow provided an explanation (there are many more examples of how formalism made philosophers of science and economists stupid, but those should be enough for an educated person to "get it".)
Formalize also massively falsified the nature of language, mind, and... (read more)
There is a DEEP fallacy here, discussed in the work of Thomas Kuhn, Ludwig Wittgenstein and the work of philosopher Larry Wright on formal and informal reasoning, and in the work of Friedrich Hayek on explanation in economics.
Think about how formalization gave Carnap a massively false view of science and knowledge. Think how formalization made math economists believe that socialism was possible, and the an equilibrium construct was an "economy" or somehow provided an explanation (there are many more examples of how formalism made philosophers of science and economists stupid, but those should be enough for an educated person to "get it".)
Formalize also massively falsified the nature of language, mind, and... (read more)