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>>Well, perhaps. There are lines that I try not to cross, though. For
>>example, I would punch myself in the face before using the word
>>hermeneutic in an academic paper. Or epiphenomenal.
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>But what are your feelings on weltanschung? :)

Well, if I misspelled Weltanschauung that egregiously, I'd at least deserve to lose a few points. :)

Anyway, your snark is mildly misdirected. I obviously don't mind - hell, I enjoy - a five-dollar word or three, especially when they convey a shade of meaning not readily available with simpler language or are used for humorous or sarcastic effect (as with, e.g., virtually every use of sesquipedalian in human history). For instance, I often enjoy foreign loan words like Weltanschauung, specifically because they often have a slightly different flavor that their English equivalents. Sure, it means "worldview", but it's differently shaded, probably because it hints at a closer connection to the original usage in Enlightenment-era German philosophy. It's a much subtler was of connecting with all that than blathering pompously on about Hegelian dialecticalism.

What I object to is gratuitous use of obnoxious jargon just for the sake of looking clever. I must remember to provide an example from one of the readings for yesterday's HTY 407 class discussion sometime when I'm not posting from my phone.

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