A lot of the issue with things like conceptual analysis, I think, is that people do them badly, and then others have to step in and waste even more words to correct them. If the worst three quarters of philosophers suddenly stopped philosophizing, the field would probably progress faster.
Agreed as literally stated, and also agree with your implication: this is especially true for philosophy in addition to other fields in which this is also true.
“other fields in which this is also true” is intentionally ambiguous, half implying that this is basically true for all other fields and half implying it’s only true for a small subset, as I’m undecided as to which is the case.
A lot of the issue with things like conceptual analysis, I think, is that people do them badly, and then others have to step in and waste even more words to correct them. If the worst three quarters of philosophers suddenly stopped philosophizing, the field would probably progress faster.
Agreed as literally stated, and also agree with your implication: this is especially true for philosophy in addition to other fields in which this is also true.
“other fields in which this is also true” is intentionally ambiguous, half implying that this is basically true for all other fields and half implying it’s only true for a small subset, as I’m undecided as to which is the case.
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