I just reread this comment, which is lucky since I failed to appreciate it the first time round. It’s a very useful framing, even though I still agree with my original assessment that there really isn’t a dichotomy between trying to figure out what a word means and how the world is, as often you’re often trying to figure out how the world is so that you can define a word in a way that is socially useful.
I just reread this comment, which is lucky since I failed to appreciate it the first time round. It’s a very useful framing, even though I still agree with my original assessment that there really isn’t a dichotomy between trying to figure out what a word means and how the world is, as often you’re often trying to figure out how the world is so that you can define a word in a way that is socially useful.