Thanks for the link. Some of Almond’s other stuff was already on my “to read” list, it looks like I’ll be sinking a weekend on his site some time soon.
I think I see the distinction you’re making… the things inherent in the structure and relationships of a set of concepts (like specificity) effectively function as a priori truths, even though the concepts may be “about” empirical matters. This is clearly different from “faith”, which has a more speculative nature. My vague intuition that Occam’s Razor is somehow “like faith” still isn’t discharged, but perhaps Almond will bludgeon that out of me with his series.
Thanks for the link. Some of Almond’s other stuff was already on my “to read” list, it looks like I’ll be sinking a weekend on his site some time soon.
I think I see the distinction you’re making… the things inherent in the structure and relationships of a set of concepts (like specificity) effectively function as a priori truths, even though the concepts may be “about” empirical matters. This is clearly different from “faith”, which has a more speculative nature. My vague intuition that Occam’s Razor is somehow “like faith” still isn’t discharged, but perhaps Almond will bludgeon that out of me with his series.