Glossophile
New Member
I'm not sure if this belongs here or in the Politics and Law section, but I'll leave that up to the moderators. While I mainly signed up to observe and sometimes even participate in debates and other discussions of theism, deism, and atheism, I have pleasantly noticed that other topics are also discussed in which skepticism is important. In my self-introduction, I mentioned that I am an advocate of radical English spelling reform, and that seems like precisely the sort of fringe movement that could provoke some interesting conversation among members of a forum like this one.
My hope is that some of the same rationalist perspective used in debates on (a)theism may be brought to bear on the notion of spelling reform as a worthwhile if not ultimately necessary transformation. I've heard several common arguments so often that I've come to refer to them by particular names. Analogous to things like the Cosmological and Teleological arguments are the Etymological and Morphological arguments. But these are mostly deployed by average Joes and Janes who at least don't explicitly identify as skeptics, rationalists, etc. I would be very interested in hearing the perspectives of those who are more active in the skeptical/rationalist community on this rather obscure topic. My aim threefold: to educate interested parties in the issues addressed by spelling reformers, to exercise my debating chops, and to uncover any flaws in my own reasoning, so please ask questions and/or give your opinions, and hopefully we can all learn something in the course of our discussion/debate.
My hope is that some of the same rationalist perspective used in debates on (a)theism may be brought to bear on the notion of spelling reform as a worthwhile if not ultimately necessary transformation. I've heard several common arguments so often that I've come to refer to them by particular names. Analogous to things like the Cosmological and Teleological arguments are the Etymological and Morphological arguments. But these are mostly deployed by average Joes and Janes who at least don't explicitly identify as skeptics, rationalists, etc. I would be very interested in hearing the perspectives of those who are more active in the skeptical/rationalist community on this rather obscure topic. My aim threefold: to educate interested parties in the issues addressed by spelling reformers, to exercise my debating chops, and to uncover any flaws in my own reasoning, so please ask questions and/or give your opinions, and hopefully we can all learn something in the course of our discussion/debate.