&gt;Is this to imply there is a more-correct philosophy? I have no formal training in philosophy but I feel that to claim one philosophy is objectively better than another is a bit much.<p>Quality of thought as better.  Internal consistency is but one measure of quality, given that you also want non-intuitive results (EG: Can&#x27;t justify genocide accidentally with the way ethics is set up, even if all of the pieces of the argument are internally consistent.)<p>This topic overall reminds me I should write to an old friend with a phd in Philosophy and the son of a phd in Philosophy, a great mathematician (pity he didn&#x27;t go for the phd in that) and a really excellent talmudist when he feels like it... he probably has thoughts on what they are saying.