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▲ NooneAtAll3 9 hours ago

tbf naming something "deontic" is not helpful

▲RGS1811 9 hours ago | parent [-]

The irony of complaining about an academic jargon word in a thread about mathematicians.

▲feoren 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Mathematicians always define their terms exactly, in order to begin their discussion. Philosophers never define their terms exactly, because then they would have nothing to discuss.

▲monknomo 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Deontic - `Relating to or expressing moral duty or obligation`

Deontology - `normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong`