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A Human's Guide to Words

This sequence discusses the basic relationship between cognition and concept formation. 37 Ways That Words Can Be Wrong is a guide to the sequence.

17The Parable of the Dagger

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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2The Parable of Hemlock

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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3Words as Hidden Inferences

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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9Extensions and Intensions

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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3Similarity Clusters

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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3Typicality and Asymmetrical Similarity

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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17The Cluster Structure of Thingspace

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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7Disguised Queries

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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4Neural Categories

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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21How An Algorithm Feels From Inside

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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7Disputing Definitions

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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4Feel the Meaning

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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3The Argument from Common Usage

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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4Empty Labels

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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15Taboo Your Words

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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3Replace the Symbol with the Substance

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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4Fallacies of Compression

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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3Categorizing Has Consequences

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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5Sneaking in Connotations

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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4Arguing "By Definition"

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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4Where to Draw the Boundary?

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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8Entropy, and Short Codes

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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2Mutual Information, and Density in Thingspace

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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9Superexponential Conceptspace, and Simple Words

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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5Conditional Independence, and Naive Bayes

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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6Words as Mental Paintbrush Handles

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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1Variable Question Fallacies

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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2537 Ways That Words Can Be Wrong

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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Interlude

5An Intuitive Explanation of Bayes's Theorem

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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