Return of AadmaaDoes anyone else think the distinction between "observable" and "unobservable" entities lacks value specifically for the reason that the category of entity changes as the observer ages?
Like seriously: the ingredients list on a flavor packet for ramen was, 15 years ago, an observable for me - and I could determine whether it was vegetarian, or contained chicken, beef, etc. Now (for me) the text on a nearly-identical packet is an "unobservable" - and what does that do to the epistemic question its vegetarian status? Is it even knowable? What would van Fraassen say?
Does epistemic status of whether the packet is vegetarian fundamentally change if I have to put my readers on to make out the text? What if I use a text-to-speech device?
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