“But we don’t need to settle on one “correct” meaning of the term in order to accomplish this. ”
We do in order to understand what we’re saying, and for others to understand us. Switching back and forth between different meanings can not only confuse other people but confuse ourselves.
To reach truly justified conclusions, our reasoning must be logically equivalent to syllogisms, with all of the precision and none of the ambiguity that implies.
“But we don’t need to settle on one “correct” meaning of the term in order to accomplish this. ”
We do in order to understand what we’re saying, and for others to understand us. Switching back and forth between different meanings can not only confuse other people but confuse ourselves.
To reach truly justified conclusions, our reasoning must be logically equivalent to syllogisms, with all of the precision and none of the ambiguity that implies.