Introductions
- Diascarus
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Introductions
My favorite field of Philosophy are Ethics and Philosophy of Politics. I look forward to talking with all of you.
Thank you!
- Arjen
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- Favorite Philosopher: Immanuel Kant
Re: Introductions
~Immanuel Kant
- Arjen
- Posts: 467
- Joined: January 16th, 2019, 4:53 am
- Favorite Philosopher: Immanuel Kant
Re: Introductions
~Immanuel Kant
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Welcome Diascarus. On that subject of speaking/writing style: Clearly, if we want to be understood, there's no point deliberately obfuscating with obscure or ill-defined language. But surely, in any field, there are technical terms that are specific to that field and there's no harm in using them? Can't we assume, for the sake of brevity, that people talking about a particular subject are either going to be familiar with the terminology associated with that subject, and the sense in which particular words are used in the context of that subject, or are capable of looking it up?Though yes, those are layman's terms, but I feel it's much easier to get your point across when speaking plainly.
- Arjen
- Posts: 467
- Joined: January 16th, 2019, 4:53 am
- Favorite Philosopher: Immanuel Kant
Re: Introductions
I thought that you had been here to kniw better than to think that people look stuff up!Steve3007 wrote: ↑October 29th, 2020, 2:57 pmWelcome Diascarus. On that subject of speaking/writing style: Clearly, if we want to be understood, there's no point deliberately obfuscating with obscure or ill-defined language. But surely, in any field, there are technical terms that are specific to that field and there's no harm in using them? Can't we assume, for the sake of brevity, that people talking about a particular subject are either going to be familiar with the terminology associated with that subject, and the sense in which particular words are used in the context of that subject, or are capable of looking it up?Though yes, those are layman's terms, but I feel it's much easier to get your point across when speaking plainly.
~Immanuel Kant
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