I did skim this,[1] but still thought it was an excellent post. The main value I gained from it was the question re what aspects of a debate/âquestion to treat as âexogenousâ or not. Being inconsistent about this is what motte-and-bailey is about.
âWe need to be clear about the scope of what weâre arguing about, I think XYZ is exogenous.â
âI both agree and disagree about things within what youâre arguing for, so I think we should decouple concerns (narrow the scope) and talk about them individually.â
Related words: argument scope, decoupling, domain, codomain, image, preimage
I think skimming is underappreciated, underutilised, unfairly maligned. If you read a paragraph and effortlessly understand everything without pause, you wasted an entire paragraphâs worth of reading-time.
I wanted to skim this but accidentally read everything :) Great post! I think itâs uniquely clear and interesting.
I did skim this,[1] but still thought it was an excellent post. The main value I gained from it was the question re what aspects of a debate/âquestion to treat as âexogenousâ or not. Being inconsistent about this is what motte-and-bailey is about.
âWe need to be clear about the scope of what weâre arguing about, I think XYZ is exogenous.â
âI both agree and disagree about things within what youâre arguing for, so I think we should decouple concerns (narrow the scope) and talk about them individually.â
Related words: argument scope, decoupling, domain, codomain, image, preimage
I think skimming is underappreciated, underutilised, unfairly maligned. If you read a paragraph and effortlessly understand everything without pause, you wasted an entire paragraphâs worth of reading-time.