Oodles and oodles of rights

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Fri Apr 5 10:57:27 PST 2002


Justin Schwartz wrote:
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> >And yeah, it's pretty clear that the Schoolmen were convinced theists, not
> >self-conscious ideologues. Actually, I've got a soft spot for good old Bill
> >of Occam.
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> Watch out for that razor.
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It occurs to me that the metaphor of a razor -- a tool -- fits in nicely with the off-the-cuff slogan I threw out a year or so ago: Nominalism is a powerful weapon but a destructive master.

Carrol



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