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There’s a point in debates where if you know the subject well enough, it’s tempting to argue entirely with citations, since most questions have been studied at least a bit. This is the point where map obscures territory and it’s smarter to eschew citations in favor of 1st pples.
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It is important though to argue from first principles with sophistication, otherwise there’s no distinguishing you from people who can’t cite to begin with. ‘Simplicity on the other side of complexity” etc.
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There is definitely a subtle but consequential difference between mastering the signalling aspects of a field’s language games VS mastering its conceptual/argumentative affordances.
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