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Completely agree. And when using common terms, people also make all kind of assumptions from it, and that comes with a bias, before even getting a grasp of the concept it describes in a given field.


Going to pile on to the agreement here -- for example, much confusion can be had when discussing things like "intentionality" with laypeople. Philosophy is riddled with regular words that take non-regular meanings. It might make philosophers feel smart, but it's a detriment to the field imo.


Much, though not all, of this is due to philosophers discussing ideas from the past three thousand years originally in a multitude of languages. How should one discuss a "Platonic Idea" without confusion of a general idea?




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