Voting “Other” on questions that seem to you confused or seem to turn on irrelevant matters of small definitions, rather than making up a definition and running with it, etcetera, is probably a good barometer of LW-vs.-philosophy opinion.
It is, at any rate, if you have some evidence that philosophers (professional? historical? what?) make up definitions and run with them when they don’t understand a question.
Otherwise, it’s probably a very, very bad barometer.
It is, at any rate, if you have some evidence that philosophers (professional? historical? what?) make up definitions and run with them when they don’t understand a question.
Otherwise, it’s probably a very, very bad barometer.