@PhilosophyExp A bit like a philosopher going around making sure everyone uses "idea" in the philosophical sense, I guess!
A periodic reminder that it is nonsense to claim terms such as "racism" & "sexism" are only reasonably used in the way sociologists use them
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@SIN_Notung Or the word "valid" (which I've seen happen - totally oblivious to fact social scientists also make technical use of the term). -
@PhilosophyExp Yeah I thought of that, but I didn't say it because I do it myself sometimes ;) -
@SIN_Notung But you wouldn't insist it couldn't be used in other ways, presumably! :) -
@PhilosophyExp no, I guess not.#saved
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@PhilosophyExp see what you're getting at but it's worth bearing in mind not all sociologists use it in sense of power imbalance either -
@metaburbia Indeed. Hence my point about sociological language being contested. :)
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