Many argue (& I often believe) we haven’t really learned an idea until we use it, eg in a project.
What about abstract ideas like ontology?
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Right. It’s abstract, but I think their work roughly is a project using the concept, testing its boundaries & consequences.
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one could argue that using in a project requires same lvl of understanding as being able to teach it
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Yes! Having a detailed discussion, articulating+defending views, etc can push on understanding in much the same way as a project.
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you haven't really learned an idea until you've taught it to someone else
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narrowing the scope of what constitutes an "idea" to be something that must be "used" seems naively limiting.
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seems to me you can still "do" philosophy in the same way. Provide demonstrations or refutations of propositions, maybe?
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also true of abstractions! I find I “use” an abstraction in the “project” of making an explanation I couldn’t make.
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e.g. 1. The lit on modality and necessity helped me analyze explanatory gaps in evolutionary theory as re simulations
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