'Authoritative', meaning, 'sounds like he knows what he's talking about', versus 'authoritative', 'sounds like someone who I'll let tell me what to do'.

Or: 'running' an argument.

More gross phrases you should avoid if you're a philosopher: 'cash out', 'falls out of'.

'the bare possibility / Of going somewhere'

A core principle of analytic philosophy, that you should number and indent things.

You just wanna give Mark Kozelek a blanket.

'… yet not prove at all under the spacious clouds…'

If you want to make a name for yourself fast, the first thing you need is another name: a name for your thing.

I'm also not sure about how to spell the 'Mom!' that two or more kids say when mom says they have to do something they don't want to do, or that they can't do something they really want to do.