I really enjoyed this. I am naturally very sympathetic to this suspicion of fashion. But it seems that what is fashionable may occasionally, by chance, be aligned with what is true. How then do you develop the ability to discern what is true within what is fashionable? What do we do with this law's (fashion =/= truth) occasional exceptions? Rules always have exceptions, but in the case of truth, the stakes seem too high to simply accept that. My question in a shorter form: how do we account for instances in which fashion and truth happen to be aligned?
I really enjoyed this. I am naturally very sympathetic to this suspicion of fashion. But it seems that what is fashionable may occasionally, by chance, be aligned with what is true. How then do you develop the ability to discern what is true within what is fashionable? What do we do with this law's (fashion =/= truth) occasional exceptions? Rules always have exceptions, but in the case of truth, the stakes seem too high to simply accept that. My question in a shorter form: how do we account for instances in which fashion and truth happen to be aligned?
Great question! I'll think about this, it probably deserves its own blog post. 😊