[ExI] need a term: was RE: What is "Elemental Redness"?

[Gadersd]

> Opposite of a person engaged in an academic discipline that seeks
> truth through reasoning rather than empiricism

That gives philosophers too much credit. I think “seeks truth through poetry rather than logic or empiricism” would be more accurate.

> On May 1, 2023, at 7:47 PM, BillK via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2 May 2023 at 00:30, spike jones via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Gadersd, the term philosopher has no clear opposite.  What should it be called?  A phobosopher?
>> spike
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> 
> You should have asked DuckDuckGo.  :)
> Noun
> Opposite of a person engaged in an academic discipline that seeks
> truth through reasoning rather than empiricism
> non-philosopher    realist
> 
> <https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-opposite-of/philosopher.html>
> (includes many more suggestions, for different meanings of philosopher).
> 
> BillK
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