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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Yes! I'd love to see more collaborative–adversarial summaries of what those disagreements are, a la https://juliagalef.com/2017/07/13/should-we-build-lots-more-housing-in-san-francisco-three-reasons-people-disagree/… Imagine a whole index of these, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy-style…

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Devon

@devonzuegel

· Dec 28, 2018

An effective way to get an understanding of a discipline is to understand the key disagreements within it. It casts light on both - what the "fundamentals" are, i.e. what folks do agree on and - what the "frontier" is Finding those key disagreements is the hard part...

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

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Dec 28, 2018

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Kialo is an interesting attempt in this vein, though it's more policy-and-philosophy-ish. e.g.: https://kialo.com/should-kashmir-be-an-independent-state-24278…

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Carlos De la Guardia

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Dec 28, 2018

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As Popper said, there are no academic subjects, only problems.

Steve Dekorte

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Dec 28, 2018

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I like the approach but would caution 1) against implying/assuming options are binary (fallacy of exclusive premises) and 2) outspoken positions tend toward extremes. e.g. type systems dispute isn’t binary unless one ignores optional typing, as extremists do.