Not āeveryone agreesā what āutilitarianismā means either and it remains a useful word. In context you can tell I mean someone whose attitude, methods and incentives allow them to avoid the biases I listed and others.
If I want to know what āutilitarianismā means, including any disagreements among scholars about the meaning of the term (I have a philosophy degree, I have studied ethics, and I donāt have the impression there are meaningful disagreements among philosophers on the definition of āutilitarianismā), I can find this information in many places, such as:
Academic lectures on YouTube and Crash Course (a high-quality educational resource)
So, itās easy for me to find out what āutilitarianismā means. There is no shortage of information about that.
Where do I go to find out what ātruth-seekingā means? Even if some people disagree on the definition, can I go somewhere and read about, say, the top 3 most popular definitions of the term and why people prefer one definition over the other?
It seems like an important word. I notice people keep using it. So, what does it mean? Where has it been defined? Is there a source you can cite that attempts to define it?
I have tried to find a definition for ātruth-seekingā before, more than once. Iāve asked what the definition is before, more than once. I donāt know if there is a definition. I donāt know if the term means anything definite and specific. I imagine it probably doesnāt have a clear definition or meaning, and that different people who say ātruth-seekingā mean different things when they say it ā and so people are largely talking past each other when they use this term.
Incidentally, I think what I just said about ātruth-seekingā probably also largely applies to āepistemicsā. I suspect āepistemicsā probably either means epistemic practices or epistemology, but itās not clear, and there is evidently some confusion on its intended meaning. Looking at the actual use of āepistemicsā, Iām not sure different people mean the same thing by it.
Not āeveryone agreesā what āutilitarianismā means either and it remains a useful word. In context you can tell I mean someone whose attitude, methods and incentives allow them to avoid the biases I listed and others.
If I want to know what āutilitarianismā means, including any disagreements among scholars about the meaning of the term (I have a philosophy degree, I have studied ethics, and I donāt have the impression there are meaningful disagreements among philosophers on the definition of āutilitarianismā), I can find this information in many places, such as:
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Encyclopedia Britannica
Wikipedia
The book Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction co-authored by Peter Singer and published by Oxford University Press
A textbook like Normative Ethics or an anthology like Ethical Theory
Philosophy journals
An academic philosophy podcast like Philosophy Bites
Academic lectures on YouTube and Crash Course (a high-quality educational resource)
So, itās easy for me to find out what āutilitarianismā means. There is no shortage of information about that.
Where do I go to find out what ātruth-seekingā means? Even if some people disagree on the definition, can I go somewhere and read about, say, the top 3 most popular definitions of the term and why people prefer one definition over the other?
It seems like an important word. I notice people keep using it. So, what does it mean? Where has it been defined? Is there a source you can cite that attempts to define it?
I have tried to find a definition for ātruth-seekingā before, more than once. Iāve asked what the definition is before, more than once. I donāt know if there is a definition. I donāt know if the term means anything definite and specific. I imagine it probably doesnāt have a clear definition or meaning, and that different people who say ātruth-seekingā mean different things when they say it ā and so people are largely talking past each other when they use this term.
Incidentally, I think what I just said about ātruth-seekingā probably also largely applies to āepistemicsā. I suspect āepistemicsā probably either means epistemic practices or epistemology, but itās not clear, and there is evidently some confusion on its intended meaning. Looking at the actual use of āepistemicsā, Iām not sure different people mean the same thing by it.