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One of the key aspects of communication is body language and tone of voice. On a forum, all you have is text so assumptions should not be made on what is said or interpretated as being said as much as care should be taken in properly wording in a concise way what exactly it is you're saying.
Also that nothing should be assumed to be more, less or other than what is explicitly written and that what is written should also be explicit and not contain what others should infer or assume.
This is actually why my signature has been as it has for so long. Take the "Horton Hears a Who" view: I say what I mean and I mean what I say.
I'm never indirect/insinuating w/out explicitly saying I am (but may not say exactly what). I have a large vocabulary, but use common speech (not all are the same reading level or speak native English). What I say means exactly that and nothing else.
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I think that knowledge of philosophy is not at all required to be a concise, lucid writer. It does, however, require certain writing skills and careful thinking.Windhorse wrote:Concision and clarity in philosophy is hard won. I have a few college degrees, have spent fifteen years trying to educate myself in philosophy, and am just starting to to understand the overall arc of philosophic thought. Without such acumen it's like wandering in wilderness without a map, and without such a map it's hard to grasp (and convey), concisely, where you are relative to anyone else. So part of becoming philosophically literate is stumbling around in the dark and being, at first, only semi-articulate.
I do not have a lot of experience with Philosophy. But I still (usually) try to ensure that what I write is clear and concise. And the extent to which I fail in that is due more to occasional lack of effort than anything else.
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Let's opt for being coherent rather than being clear and concise.
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To whomever reads this post...Teknix wrote:Thanks for the warning!
Is there a way to know which post is being responded to? For example, the post I quoted is meaningless to me if I don't know what it is in response to.
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I do not think you can do better than Betrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy. It is, by most counts, the best background to the subject written in English. I re-read it every five or so years as a refresher and to re-acquaint myself with Mr. Russell's near perfect command of the language.Wanderer101 wrote:Can anyone recomend a good ebook for an introduction of philosphy and logic. I would also like to know about the history of philosophy.
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