alt Hacker News> The idea that our ability to create and sustain conceptual systems depends on the give and take of reasons within a social setting.
I read this sentence 5 times and I still cannot parse it.
> The idea that our ability to create and sustain conceptual systems depends on the give and take of reasons within a social setting.
I read this sentence 5 times and I still cannot parse it.
I think it means if we all have to justify ourselves to each other, we collectively come up with an sustainable ecosystem of ideas that we can understand. So if we stop justifying ourselves to each other, the ecosystem doesn't get built or sustained, and we stop understanding things. Not the person you responded to, but that's my reading.