Essentially, I read this as an attempt at continental philosophy rather than analytic philosophy, and I don’t find continental-style work very interesting or useful. I believe you that the post is meaningful and thoughtful, but the costs of time or effort to understand the meanings or thoughts you’re driving at are too high for me at least. I think trying to lay things out in a more organized and explicit manner would be helpful for your readers and possibly for you in developing these thoughts.
I don’t want to get too precise about answering the above unless you’re still interested in me doing so and don’t mind me stating things in a way that might come across as pretty rude. Also, limiting myself to one more reply here since I should really stop procrastinating work, and just in case.
Essentially, I read this as an attempt at continental philosophy rather than analytic philosophy, and I don’t find continental-style work very interesting or useful.
That’s your personal opinion about their works. Continental rationalists have been useful to so many.
I believe you that the post is meaningful and thoughtful, but the costs of time or effort to understand the meanings or thoughts you’re driving at are too high for me at least.
So you’d dismiss any work based on the return on investment ratio?
I think trying to lay things out in a more organized and explicit manner would be helpful for your readers and possibly for you in developing these thoughts.
Not all thoughts need to be explicit, especially when describing links between ideas.
So you’d dismiss any work based on the return on investment ratio?
What is the alternative? Reading and thinking about literally everything is not an option, because time is limited.
If your ideas are difficult to read because you are not good at writing clearly, you have my sympathies. But if you want readership, you have to learn to write better.
However, if you write unclearly on purpose, well… I can imagine various reasons to do so, but I have negative reaction to most of them. For example, making your ideas less clear can be a defense against falsification (if you never say “X”, only hint towards it, people who agree with X will give you credit, while people do disagree with X may give you the benefit of doubt that perhaps you actually meant something else). Or it could be a blatant status move (I am so important that spending 3 hours trying to decipher my article is still the best use of 3 hours of your time).
Essentially, I read this as an attempt at continental philosophy rather than analytic philosophy, and I don’t find continental-style work very interesting or useful. I believe you that the post is meaningful and thoughtful, but the costs of time or effort to understand the meanings or thoughts you’re driving at are too high for me at least. I think trying to lay things out in a more organized and explicit manner would be helpful for your readers and possibly for you in developing these thoughts.
I don’t want to get too precise about answering the above unless you’re still interested in me doing so and don’t mind me stating things in a way that might come across as pretty rude. Also, limiting myself to one more reply here since I should really stop procrastinating work, and just in case.
That’s your personal opinion about their works. Continental rationalists have been useful to so many.
So you’d dismiss any work based on the return on investment ratio?
Not all thoughts need to be explicit, especially when describing links between ideas.
Have you ever watched the series Connections <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections (TV_series)>? If not I would highly advise watching it.
What is the alternative? Reading and thinking about literally everything is not an option, because time is limited.
If your ideas are difficult to read because you are not good at writing clearly, you have my sympathies. But if you want readership, you have to learn to write better.
However, if you write unclearly on purpose, well… I can imagine various reasons to do so, but I have negative reaction to most of them. For example, making your ideas less clear can be a defense against falsification (if you never say “X”, only hint towards it, people who agree with X will give you credit, while people do disagree with X may give you the benefit of doubt that perhaps you actually meant something else). Or it could be a blatant status move (I am so important that spending 3 hours trying to decipher my article is still the best use of 3 hours of your time).