hows is the therefore supported? the first clause indicates a social convention. what is empirically testable about social conventions?
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Replying to @danlistensto
That is EXACTLY the question ethnomethodology asks! Cool stuff.
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Replying to @Meaningness
thought experiment: when two actors claim that they understand each other, can we establish by some means that they really don't?
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if yes, implies that mutual understanding is irrelevant, and that social signal of agreement is doing the heavy lifting.
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if no, implies that misunderstanding is intractable feature of social relationships. agreement is more like mutual decision to stop trying.
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epistemically, I'm bullshitting though. having trouble thinking of what the contents of that experiment would be.
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contrapositive case interesting to consider too. when two actors disagree, can we establish that they really don't?
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Replying to @danlistensto @Meaningness
that situation maybe more common and more utility, such as marriage counseling, or diplomacy
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Replying to @danlistensto
To get a descriptively adequate theory, it’s better to start with the typical, easy cases than the notoriously hard ones.
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what counts as easy here? "does 2+2=4?" seems vacuous. "is my essay well-written?" seems non-falsifiable/outside of empiricism.
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By coincidence, I just wrote a related first draft list a couple minutes ago!pic.twitter.com/RAguCS1AcU
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