术语

Wèile bìmiǎn gàiniàn hùnyòng, zuòzhě zài wénzhōng fēnbié jièdìng le xiāngguān shùyǔ.

To avoid conceptual confusion, the author defines the relevant terms separately in the text.

Duì fùzá xiànxiàng de jiěshìlì, bù qǔjué yú shùyǔ de shùliàng, ér qǔjué yú gàiniàn néngfǒu xíngchéng kě jiǎnyàn de guānxì.

The explanatory power of an account of a complex phenomenon depends not on the number of technical terms but on whether its concepts form testable relationships.

Dāng bùtóng zhīshi chuántǒng shǐyòng xiāngtóng shùyǔ què fùyǔ qí bùtóng hányì shí, biǎomiàn shàng de gòngshí fǎn'ér kěnéng yǎngài shēn céng fēnqí.

When different intellectual traditions use the same terms but assign them different meanings, apparent consensus may actually conceal deeper disagreements.