One of those interesting problems with ideation is that in intellectual discourse we use the names of thinkers, their books (usually one idea), their quotes, and the inherited terminology from their works and the discussions of their works. Most of which, in philosophy, are reduced to ‘isms’.
The problem of innovative argument then, can be solved as did all those philosophers who invent terms. Or it can be solved by altering the properties of those terms. Or it can be solved by rearranging the relationships of those terms. But in general, we are asked by convention to use extant terms.
This does assist in comprehension, and accessibility and the effort to test any new theory. However, it also runs up against paradigmatic investment.
Source date (UTC): 2014-01-03 11:06:00 UTC
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