This [Occams prior] actually did bother me slightly, considering how to rework it.
I’d suggest to simply get rid of that line.
I actually think some of the complex words are necessary to create some contrast between the naive, aspiring rationalist and the austere rationalist.
I don’t see the difference between linguistically vs. verbally as one of technical-complex vs. naive-simple but as one of convoluted vs. understandable.
Have you read Beyond the Reach of God?
I have read it in the past, but I couldn’t have told you what it says before looking it up.
I’d suggest to simply get rid of that line.
I don’t see the difference between linguistically vs. verbally as one of technical-complex vs. naive-simple but as one of convoluted vs. understandable.
I have read it in the past, but I couldn’t have told you what it says before looking it up.