Agnostic instrumentalism toward metaphysical models

[nanikore]

No proof can be offered to any particular metaphysical model via any means. It’s a matter of practical efficacy, not metaphysical truth. Neither paucity nor abundance of imagination points to such truth, i.e. “I can / can’t imagine it being any other way, therefore it is true / false

Comments

Nonsense

[unnamed525]

Pure reason is how we justify metaphysical models independently of their utility.

Re: Nonsense

[nanikore]

Justification does not equal truth

So?

[unnamed525]

A process of justification is a procedure by which we at least approximate truth. Rational justification is the logical process by which we derive necessary consequences from some given axioms; if the axioms are true, the consequences must be true.

Re: So?

[nanikore]

I don't see what's so axiomatic regarding any model.

Please elaborate.