- Conflates(in argumentation and logic)
- Treats two different things as if they're the same thing, or mixes them up in a way that causes confusion.
- Deliberative episode(contrasts with the weight existing independently of human thinking)
- A specific moment or period when someone sits down and thinks carefully through a problem or decision.
- Dewey(the philosopher whose ideas are being discussed)
- John Dewey was an American philosopher (1859-1952) who believed that philosophy should focus on real human experiences and solving practical problems, rather than abstract theories disconnected from life.
- Epistemic
- "Epistemic" relates to knowledge—how we know things, what counts as knowledge, and whether we can trust what we believe to be true. It comes from the Greek word for knowledge and is used to describe questions about the reliability and validity of our beliefs and understanding. For example, "epistemic humility" means acknowledging the limits of what you can actually know for certain.
- Metaphysical status(describing what's uncertain about possible worlds)
- The question of what something actually *is* or whether it really exists—is it physical, abstract, real, or just a useful fiction?
- Prior to(as used in philosophy)
- More fundamental or basic than; comes before in importance or logical order, not necessarily in time.
- objective(1910, §10)
- An ideal object, something like a state of affairs or proposition, which can be expressed by an independent sentence (e.g., 'Red is a color') when judged or assumed, or by a 'that'-clause or nominal phrase when judged about.