Deceptiveness as Norm-Violation, Not Inherent Defect

The "deceptiveness" of doxa (fr. 8.51) isn't because empirical inquiry is inherently flawed. It's because /mortals violate GZP*/:

Mortal error = category mistake: - Treating doxastic things (moon, stars, embodiment) as if they were what-is (fundamental reality) - Trying to discover first principles by observing the perceptible world - Using sense experience where reason alone is required (or vice versa)

Example: The Ionian natural philosophers posited water, air, or the apeiron as /first principles/ based on /empirical observation/. They inquired into what-is using methods proper only to what-is-and-is-not.

Result: "Helpless," "wandering," "two-headed" confusion (fr. 6.4-9).