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Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other by didibus on Saturday September 05, 2020 @02:44PM (#24385877)
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.
Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other by dvt on Saturday September 05, 2020 @03:01PM (#24386031)
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.
Re:Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other by boomboomsubban on Saturday September 05, 2020 @05:30PM (#24386999)
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?