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i was trying to figure out how the notion of choice functioned if you cannot seperate yourself from what amount to (from the subjective viewpoint at least) arbitrary committments.
via negativa helped--we are in a purely nominalist problematic.
so the preference you express--that beliefs in general are functions of choice--is about a desire to assert a degree of autonomy at some level. it is starting point rather than result. as such, the question of defending the position gets shifted away from problems of method/standpoint (which would assume it was result) to a more slippery place---i can see why they would derail/develop into semantic debate....which by the way, i am not at all hostile to, primarily because they usually provide me an excuse to wander away into the curious world of the oed, which means that they are ends in themselves.....better dictionaries for better digression.
so i think i have an idea of where this starts from--yes?
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