on LessWrong people seem to go to some pains to coin new language only when old language is insufficient
Are you sure? One of the biggest problems with LW is inventing jargon for philosophical ideas that have had names for a couple of thousand years. This is problematic if the interested reader wants to learn more.
That’s interesting. False balance doesn’t seem to replace anything with a continuum. In particular I’m having trouble rephrasing their examples as fallacy of grey examples.
Are you sure? One of the biggest problems with LW is inventing jargon for philosophical ideas that have had names for a couple of thousand years. This is problematic if the interested reader wants to learn more.
Example? I believe you, but every time I’ve personally gone looking for a term in the philosophy literature I’ve found it.
e.g. “fallacy of grey” is an entirely local neologism.
What’s the standard term?
It’s a form of the continuum fallacy.
gwern holds that it’s actually false balance. Might be a mix. But one or both should have been named IMO.
That’s interesting. False balance doesn’t seem to replace anything with a continuum. In particular I’m having trouble rephrasing their examples as fallacy of grey examples.
But, eh, I trust gwern.