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

I think it's already been largely established I will never, ever be right about either spelling or grammar when it comes to you, despite my having an actual english degree. :)

>Anyway, your snark is mildly misdirected.

It was actually not snark, so much as it was me trying to be Mister Clever Pants and not really succeeding.

Also, man, that passage you quoted? That is indeed some rough going. I'm not sure its the most effective pedagogy in the world to be tossing that at people who aren't philosophy majors (or very, very focused history majors) in their third or fourth year.

>What I object to is gratuitous use of obnoxious jargon just for the sake of
>looking clever.

Worth noting: while I'm sure you disapprove of this use of it just as much, jargon is often deployed as a kind of street cred on the part of the writer or speaker, to prove they're a member of the fraternity, as it were. Talking about, say, hermeneutics (or exegesis, if you're specifically a biblical scholar) is a way to prove "yes, I've actually done my research and paid my dues on this topic, which means you should at least take a look at my opinions, right, guys? C'mon! I need this journal article to get published if I'm ever going to get tenure!"

Sort of like demonstrating to the guy at the shooting range that you know a cartridge and a bullet are two different things, to hearken back to a previous discussion that touched on pretentious deployments of jargon. :)

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