Precise meaning of “swamp” in this context?
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The value of knowledge has always been a central topic within
epistemology. Going all the way back to Plato’s Meno, philosophers
have asked, why is knowledge more valuable than mere true belief?
Interest in this question has grown in recent years, with theorists
proposing a range of answers. But some reject the premise of the
question and claim that the value of knowledge is ‘swamped’ by the
value of true belief. (Source)
There are 2 senses for "swamp" as a verb:
1 - a : to fill with or as if with water : INUNDATE, SUBMERGE
- b : to overwhelm numerically or by an excess of something : FLOOD
swamped with work
2 : to open by removing underbrush and debris
So, if we take the sense 1, then I guess the sentence wants to say that "the value of true belief is more than the value of knowledge". Am I right?
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The value of knowledge has always been a central topic within
epistemology. Going all the way back to Plato’s Meno, philosophers
have asked, why is knowledge more valuable than mere true belief?
Interest in this question has grown in recent years, with theorists
proposing a range of answers. But some reject the premise of the
question and claim that the value of knowledge is ‘swamped’ by the
value of true belief. (Source)
There are 2 senses for "swamp" as a verb:
1 - a : to fill with or as if with water : INUNDATE, SUBMERGE
- b : to overwhelm numerically or by an excess of something : FLOOD
swamped with work
2 : to open by removing underbrush and debris
So, if we take the sense 1, then I guess the sentence wants to say that "the value of true belief is more than the value of knowledge". Am I right?
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The value of knowledge has always been a central topic within
epistemology. Going all the way back to Plato’s Meno, philosophers
have asked, why is knowledge more valuable than mere true belief?
Interest in this question has grown in recent years, with theorists
proposing a range of answers. But some reject the premise of the
question and claim that the value of knowledge is ‘swamped’ by the
value of true belief. (Source)
There are 2 senses for "swamp" as a verb:
1 - a : to fill with or as if with water : INUNDATE, SUBMERGE
- b : to overwhelm numerically or by an excess of something : FLOOD
swamped with work
2 : to open by removing underbrush and debris
So, if we take the sense 1, then I guess the sentence wants to say that "the value of true belief is more than the value of knowledge". Am I right?
meaning-in-context
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Sasan
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The value of knowledge has always been a central topic within
epistemology. Going all the way back to Plato’s Meno, philosophers
have asked, why is knowledge more valuable than mere true belief?
Interest in this question has grown in recent years, with theorists
proposing a range of answers. But some reject the premise of the
question and claim that the value of knowledge is ‘swamped’ by the
value of true belief. (Source)
There are 2 senses for "swamp" as a verb:
1 - a : to fill with or as if with water : INUNDATE, SUBMERGE
- b : to overwhelm numerically or by an excess of something : FLOOD
swamped with work
2 : to open by removing underbrush and debris
So, if we take the sense 1, then I guess the sentence wants to say that "the value of true belief is more than the value of knowledge". Am I right?
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Unfortunately in such texts the meaning of a word (swamp) is much deeper than that one word and if you follow the context you come to
the “Swamping Thesis” (Pritchard 2011), states that if the value of a
property possessed by an item is instrumentally valuable only relative
to a further good, and that good is already present in that item, then
it can confer no additional value.
so from your link we also get
3) a difficult or troublesome situation or subject
which seems to fit (though without further knowledge on this topic, I will concede to others views)
In a different context we might say the two concepts are "mired" (bogged down)together. However it is the authors vernacular based on their knowledge of the topic that forces them to use the related conceptual word.
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But it is verb in the context, the third meaning is a noun.
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Unfortunately in such texts the meaning of a word (swamp) is much deeper than that one word and if you follow the context you come to
the “Swamping Thesis” (Pritchard 2011), states that if the value of a
property possessed by an item is instrumentally valuable only relative
to a further good, and that good is already present in that item, then
it can confer no additional value.
so from your link we also get
3) a difficult or troublesome situation or subject
which seems to fit (though without further knowledge on this topic, I will concede to others views)
In a different context we might say the two concepts are "mired" (bogged down)together. However it is the authors vernacular based on their knowledge of the topic that forces them to use the related conceptual word.
answered 51 mins ago
KJO
1,918313
But it is verb in the context, the third meaning is a noun.
– Sasan
8 mins ago
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1
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Unfortunately in such texts the meaning of a word (swamp) is much deeper than that one word and if you follow the context you come to
the “Swamping Thesis” (Pritchard 2011), states that if the value of a
property possessed by an item is instrumentally valuable only relative
to a further good, and that good is already present in that item, then
it can confer no additional value.
so from your link we also get
3) a difficult or troublesome situation or subject
which seems to fit (though without further knowledge on this topic, I will concede to others views)
In a different context we might say the two concepts are "mired" (bogged down)together. However it is the authors vernacular based on their knowledge of the topic that forces them to use the related conceptual word.
answered 51 mins ago
KJO
1,918313
But it is verb in the context, the third meaning is a noun.
– Sasan
8 mins ago
add a comment |
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up vote
1
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Unfortunately in such texts the meaning of a word (swamp) is much deeper than that one word and if you follow the context you come to
the “Swamping Thesis” (Pritchard 2011), states that if the value of a
property possessed by an item is instrumentally valuable only relative
to a further good, and that good is already present in that item, then
it can confer no additional value.
so from your link we also get
3) a difficult or troublesome situation or subject
which seems to fit (though without further knowledge on this topic, I will concede to others views)
In a different context we might say the two concepts are "mired" (bogged down)together. However it is the authors vernacular based on their knowledge of the topic that forces them to use the related conceptual word.
answered 51 mins ago
KJO
1,918313
Unfortunately in such texts the meaning of a word (swamp) is much deeper than that one word and if you follow the context you come to
the “Swamping Thesis” (Pritchard 2011), states that if the value of a
property possessed by an item is instrumentally valuable only relative
to a further good, and that good is already present in that item, then
it can confer no additional value.
so from your link we also get
3) a difficult or troublesome situation or subject
which seems to fit (though without further knowledge on this topic, I will concede to others views)
In a different context we might say the two concepts are "mired" (bogged down)together. However it is the authors vernacular based on their knowledge of the topic that forces them to use the related conceptual word.
answered 51 mins ago
KJO
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answered 51 mins ago
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answered 51 mins ago
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answered 51 mins ago
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But it is verb in the context, the third meaning is a noun.
– Sasan
8 mins ago
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But it is verb in the context, the third meaning is a noun.
– Sasan
8 mins ago
But it is verb in the context, the third meaning is a noun.
– Sasan
8 mins ago
But it is verb in the context, the third meaning is a noun.
– Sasan
8 mins ago
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