Pretty much agreed. I might go beyond “provisional” to “disposable”. I really do take maintaining fluidity and not fooling yourself to be more important/possible than creating common vocabulary or high-level unitary concepts or introspective handles [though I don’t introspect verbally, so maybe I would say that]; I really do think the way the community treats words is a good lever for that.
(Of course, this is all very abstract, isn’t a full elaboration of what I believe, and certainly has no force of argument. At best, I’m pointing towards a few considerations I could readily abstract out of the sum of my observations, in the hopes that people can recontextualize some of their reading with concerns along these lines.)
I’d also like to see someone try your last suggestion. (If nothing else, I might use it in a fiction project.)
Pretty much agreed. I might go beyond “provisional” to “disposable”. I really do take maintaining fluidity and not fooling yourself to be more important/possible than creating common vocabulary or high-level unitary concepts or introspective handles [though I don’t introspect verbally, so maybe I would say that]; I really do think the way the community treats words is a good lever for that.
(Of course, this is all very abstract, isn’t a full elaboration of what I believe, and certainly has no force of argument. At best, I’m pointing towards a few considerations I could readily abstract out of the sum of my observations, in the hopes that people can recontextualize some of their reading with concerns along these lines.)
I’d also like to see someone try your last suggestion. (If nothing else, I might use it in a fiction project.)