Thursday, April 3, 2025

Define your terms

My mother is fond of recounting the single most important lesson in her education as being learning to define one's terms when in the course of discussion, discourse, or argument. Here are some terms from the English language that I consider important to define when communicating in more than a cursory/superficial fashion with another human being. 

reality

life

energy

matter

power

force

science

numinous

sacrifice

objectivity

good

bad

original

consciousness

mind

brain

body

senses



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