Necessarily, of course not. Usually, well, this is Francis Bacon, and so the intended meaning of the quote is more like “We can be more certain in the outputs of empiricism than we can be in the outputs of deductive argument beginning with intuitions or other a priori knowledge.”
Neither is necessarily or even usually true though, is it?
Necessarily, of course not. Usually, well, this is Francis Bacon, and so the intended meaning of the quote is more like “We can be more certain in the outputs of empiricism than we can be in the outputs of deductive argument beginning with intuitions or other a priori knowledge.”