I dislike this usage, and in fact I find it offensive. Even with the “-ist” appended, It’s an appropriation of a term that has a general meaning of “thinking clearly” which gets redefined as a label of membership into a given community.
Personally, I’m more bothered by the fact that it shares a name with an epistemological stance) that’s in most ways unrelated and in some ways actually opposed to the LW methodology. (We tend to favor empiricist approaches in most situations.) But that ship has sailed.
I dislike this usage, and in fact I find it offensive.
Even with the “-ist” appended, It’s an appropriation of a term that has a general meaning of “thinking clearly” which gets redefined as a label of membership into a given community.
Personally, I’m more bothered by the fact that it shares a name with an epistemological stance) that’s in most ways unrelated and in some ways actually opposed to the LW methodology. (We tend to favor empiricist approaches in most situations.) But that ship has sailed.