The AHA statement about Dawkins rejects the interpretation that he was pointing to an apparent inconsistency in the current norms of political correctness, while simultaneously providing an example of precisely the confused thinking that he claims he was pointing out. Discuss.
The first part of it is in reference to fallacious thinking like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribution_bias … but in a more general sense. The second part concerns a formal argument about how the senses are entangled with reality and articulating coherent theories requires evidence already.
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The part about using words wrong is in reference to an extended argument about heuristics for using words in a way that: 1. Cuts reality at the joints, 2. Uses short words for short concepts and longer words for longer concepts 3. Is compatible with reductionism. and other things
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