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    It is not the case that People living in different historical epochs cognize the world differently

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    • 1.Successful cross-epoch translation of scientific texts (e.g., Archimedes, Euclid) presupposes sufficient cognitive commensurability between historical periods.
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    • 2.Davidson's principle of charity requires attributing largely shared rational cognitive norms to any interpretable speaker, including those from past epochs.
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    • 3.Radical cognitive incommensurability across epochs would make historical understanding of past science impossible, yet such understanding is routinely achieved.
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    • 1.Core logical and mathematical structures (modus ponens, transitivity) are recognized as valid across all documented human cultures and epochs.
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    • 2.If fundamental inferential capacities are universal, epoch-relative variation is superficial content-change, not deep cognitive difference.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Cognitive categories are socio-historically acquired and vary across epochs
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    • 2.Different categories produce different modes of cognizing the world
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