I hadn’t thought of it in those terms before. “Assumption as the enemy of an epistemologist”. [I communicate best in a modern “relatability” form as evidence for justification of “truth-ness” in my analysis of a writing and I write in self-reflective Narrative form. In short, I ask, “Does it blend [with me]? If so, how?”. Apologies in advance for anyone put off by this communication style]
A month ago, I did an AI analysis of 9000+ snippets of my writings through the years [which I hope will self-organize into several books, with _some_ external guidance ] and with some minimal weighting (frequency * confidence level of subject matter) I found:
115: Time
120: Epistemology, Causation, Humankind
122: Causation
to me my “top three” areas where these “pages without book” might end up in some sort of library, gathering dust as I am already dead for several hundred years and society has moved on.
This showed to me that Epistemology is a subject that I apparently write about with great frequency, with a focus on Causation perhaps.
Coming back to the dubiously specious present, as it pertains to the “present-ness” of this posting utilizing its own Timetime and with its own series of significant events, I find what you say rings quite true in my experience.
Assumptions are perhaps the enemy I fight the most, next to Time. Thank you for helping clarify my own thoughts by providing me with a succinct analogy. Succinctness or being concise accurately is something I struggle with, so I often say, “I am searching for perfect words”.
Analogies work well for me. So now I can say:
Assumptions : Epistemology :: Hatfields : McCoys
or
Assumptions : Epistemology :: Mosquitoes : Camper
or
Assumptions : Epistemology :: Fleas : Dog
The last is my favorite. You’ve helped me tremendously in coalescing a ‘theme’ I was looking for. Thanks