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Whilst I realise that Occam himself may have meant it this way, I was using the phrase in a general way
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if i understand this correctly--and i'm not sure i do--the claim regarding the razor would still obtain--all that would change is that you could be surprised by it. not meaning to be snippy with this, but---what else could it possibly be BUT an aesthetic commitment?
unless you imagine that there is some correspondence between it and phenomena in the world---but i'd argue that is also an aesthetic commitment.
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I had thought that was cear from context that I as open to convincing that God exists, but that to date nobody has ever explained to me their belief in a way that sounds convincing.
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uh...ok.
i'm not the one to help you with this, however.
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belief isn't a choice, it's an atribute
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that makes no sense.
you mean belief is like--say--having a nose?
all it seems like your saying really is that faith and proof are different from each other--which is entirely unobjectionable--and that faith can precede and condition the results generated by any given proof--in the way any axiom can--so....
all this is in pascal.
he was a smart guy--you might enjoy the pensées.