Disagree. The area of philosophy I’m most familiar with (phil sci) is generally very easily understandable. I’m also not even sure this is a substantial objection. In many areas of learning, there are specialized vocabulary that take a lot of effort to understand. That’s due to the deepness of the areas. Math is one example of this. I actually have more trouble reading papers in math, which is my own field, than I often do in biology (although this may be connected to the fact that I don’t read highly technical papers in bio.) So even if your claim were true, it isn’t at all clear to me why it would be relevant.
As a simple status issue, if you can get the philosophers to take you seriously, it will cause the people who aren’t philosophers but who respect philosophy to take you more seriously.
Disagree. The area of philosophy I’m most familiar with (phil sci) is generally very easily understandable. I’m also not even sure this is a substantial objection. In many areas of learning, there are specialized vocabulary that take a lot of effort to understand. That’s due to the deepness of the areas. Math is one example of this. I actually have more trouble reading papers in math, which is my own field, than I often do in biology (although this may be connected to the fact that I don’t read highly technical papers in bio.) So even if your claim were true, it isn’t at all clear to me why it would be relevant.
As a simple status issue, if you can get the philosophers to take you seriously, it will cause the people who aren’t philosophers but who respect philosophy to take you more seriously.