“Our convenience, or blind nature, are the only authorities
which can validate our cognitive claims.” (p126)
“This theory reflects a culture which no longer accepts its
own concepts as ordained from on high, but which chooses its own, and endows
them with only a conditional authority. Neither ritual inclination nor Platonic
meta-theory sanctifies concepts any longer…Concepts,
like men, come to be valued for their efficiency rather than their honor.”
(p126)
Ernest Gellner
1988
