If we reject the idea that epistemology is an a priori enterprise and accept that it is merely a form of science, as naturalists tend to do, then an argument for historicism like the following might be tempting: Scientific theories succeed insofar as they fit the data.
Of course, given the details we have so far, it's tempting to spin theories that sound like Sopranos plotlines.
Although tempting, this theory relies only on correlations performed in autopsy studies and is still a matter of debate.
Given the prominent role in science for using experimentation to select between competing theories about biological or chemical processes, it is tempting to view these theories as competitors.
"If Hillary puts her people on the Supreme Court," Trump told his supporters, "like, who knows?" The past week has been so devastating for Trump that it has been tempting to find a theory to explain why his pattern of gaffes has gotten so much worse.
But Ryan herself is not tempted by the theory.
Leaving aside the tempting armchair theories about where Trump belongs on the spectrum of acute narcissistic personality disorder, I'm convinced that he's convinced that everything he says and does is ultimately good for business.
Although it is tempting to claim this as another successful prediction of the theory, it is more likely that it is just an artefact of the PR scale.
