[MD] Truth and the Linguistic Turn

[Ron Kulp]

Hello Matt,
I agree balance is key. I try to support my rhetorical aims with
A well constructed logical argument. I agree it is difficult
To discuss concepts when others have their own agenda.
In this area the essay is superior in establishing a complete concept.

I personally have not yet reached the cap in the MD. Perhaps
It's due to fact that I am a personage of few words. I am so
Direct at points that I believe it makes what I have to say
Hard to follow sometimes.




Matt:
The point is--writing a good post is (maybe: _can be_) much different
than writing a good essay.  If a person thinks otherwise--I wonder if we
perhaps have different processes for writing.  Because in a post, you
are responding to a person in real time (for the most part).  In an
essay, there is no conversation partner--you have to, pretty much, do
all of the talking.  In the MD, you get to take a pause, bounce off of
other's, catch your breath, _breathe_.  In an essay, you gotta' deliver
it all--on this analogy--in one breath, by yourself: so you better know
what you're saying ahead of time.

Ron:
I tend to create a thread with an essay then discuss it dialectically
To see if it holds up to scrutiny. Test the structure of my argument.
Sometimes this works well.

Matt:
p.s. Ya' know, I didn't plan on that--sometimes it amazes me how
everything I start turns into a thing about Plato.
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Ron:
Difficult not to. Especially with the subject matter. 
I would love to delve into this aspect further if you are open to it.