[Buddha-l] Re: +AFs-Buddha-l+AF0- Anomalous doctrines +AFs-Hayes+AF0-

[Stephen Hodge]

Richard P. Hayes wrote:

>> Also to me, greater and greater degrees of philosophical
>> sophistication suggests later and later works.
>  The principle you invoke here is flawed on two grounds.
> First, there is no accurate measure of philosophical sophistication.
> And second, even if there were, there is no reason to believe that
> philosophy always moves toward greater sophistication
Ah, I'm having a bad day today in my choice of words.  Perhaps, it would
have been better if I had said "greater prolixity and complexity".  These
things, as you suggest, do not guarantee greater sophistication -- often
quite the reverse.  Thanks for the correction.

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge