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The same is true for philosophy: The purpose of studying philosophy is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to philosophic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by philosophers.  This has been said in similar words by a huge number of philosophers.
 
The same is true for philosophy: The purpose of studying philosophy is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to philosophic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by philosophers.  This has been said in similar words by a huge number of philosophers.
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Along those lines, I have a page of [[My Fundamentals]].
  
 
Most defense of philosophy is a waste because there is no cladistic agreement about what philosophy is. Is it paraphyletic because science has been carved out from philosophy? Is it polyphyletic because philosophy has incorporated mathematics, which has a different origin? Is it simply some ancient grab-bag of subjects without real relationship? Or is it some ghastly organism with commensal origins like the eucaryotic cell?
 
Most defense of philosophy is a waste because there is no cladistic agreement about what philosophy is. Is it paraphyletic because science has been carved out from philosophy? Is it polyphyletic because philosophy has incorporated mathematics, which has a different origin? Is it simply some ancient grab-bag of subjects without real relationship? Or is it some ghastly organism with commensal origins like the eucaryotic cell?
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It is easy to disbelieve in the vast majority of philosophy for the exact same reasons you can disbelieve in the vast majority of religion.   
 
It is easy to disbelieve in the vast majority of philosophy for the exact same reasons you can disbelieve in the vast majority of religion.   
 
* They contradict each other so very much that at most only a tiny fraction could be true.
 
* They contradict each other so very much that at most only a tiny fraction could be true.
* They are usually not rooted in observed reality: they believe untestable things such as souls or morality.
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* They are usually not rooted in observed reality: they believe untestable things such as natural rights, souls or morality.
 
* They play stupid word games.
 
* They play stupid word games.
 
* Their logic is grotesque.
 
* Their logic is grotesque.
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* They do not use measurement or confidence intervals in their analysis.
 
* They do not use measurement or confidence intervals in their analysis.
 
* Reliance on intuitions, which Steven Colbert mocks as "gut feelings"".
 
* Reliance on intuitions, which Steven Colbert mocks as "gut feelings"".
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* Archaic bullshit such as "truth", "natural rights", and "a priori knowledge".
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* It has all the rigor of a game of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes#Calvinball Calvinball].
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I'm collecting a number of references to criticisms of philosophy.
 
I'm collecting a number of references to criticisms of philosophy.
  
 
* [http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/wrongthoughts.html What is Wrong with Our Thoughts? A Neo-Positivist Credo.]  <br>The famous "forty different ways in which thought can go irretrievably wrong" about the number three.  I can't recommend this highly enough.
 
* [http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/wrongthoughts.html What is Wrong with Our Thoughts? A Neo-Positivist Credo.]  <br>The famous "forty different ways in which thought can go irretrievably wrong" about the number three.  I can't recommend this highly enough.
* "Darwin's Dangerous Idea : Evolution and the Meanings of Life" by Daniel Clement Dennett.
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* [https://b-ok.cc/s/?q=Darwin%27s+Dangerous+Idea "Darwin's Dangerous Idea : Evolution and the Meanings of Life"] by Daniel Clement Dennett.
 
* [http://screwplato.wordpress.com/ Plato is Terrible: rants of a frustrated philosophy student.]
 
* [http://screwplato.wordpress.com/ Plato is Terrible: rants of a frustrated philosophy student.]
 
* [http://lesswrong.com/lw/4zs/philosophy_a_diseased_discipline/ Philosophy: A Diseased Discipline]
 
* [http://lesswrong.com/lw/4zs/philosophy_a_diseased_discipline/ Philosophy: A Diseased Discipline]
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* [https://philpapers.org/surveys/results.pl The PhilPapers Surveys]: distribution of professional philosophical beliefs.  Looks pretty random.
 
* [https://philpapers.org/surveys/results.pl The PhilPapers Surveys]: distribution of professional philosophical beliefs.  Looks pretty random.
 
* [http://www.stephenhicks.org/2009/06/15/philosophys-longest-sentences/ Philosophy’s longest sentences]
 
* [http://www.stephenhicks.org/2009/06/15/philosophys-longest-sentences/ Philosophy’s longest sentences]
* [http://existentialcomics.com/comic/250 A Brief History of Metaphysics (comic)]
 
 
* [https://deponysum.com/2019/04/20/why-i-left-philosophy/ Why I left philosophy (problems with intuitions)]
 
* [https://deponysum.com/2019/04/20/why-i-left-philosophy/ Why I left philosophy (problems with intuitions)]
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* [http://existentialcomics.com/comic/250 A Brief History of Metaphysics (Existential Comics)]
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* [http://existentialcomics.com/comic/321 Wittgenstein Solves Philosophy (Existential Comics)]
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* [http://existentialcomics.com/comic/327 Philosophy News Network: Should We All Just Kill Ourselves or What? (Existential Comics)]
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* [http://existentialcomics.com/comic/358 Three Little Philosophers of Science (Existential Comics)]
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* [https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughLibertarianSpam/comments/79jcpl/does_this_person_not_know_what_a_right_is/dp2y0yc/ A Reddit argument with SomeStrangeDude that reveals my major philosophical grounds.]  [https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughLibertarianSpam/comments/98jtpt/death_tolls/e4h7k4k/ and another, same guy.]
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* [http://existentialcomics.com/comic/329 Why Do Philosophy?] Here's a common lie of philosophy: claiming things it didn't do.  Unless you define the borders between philosophy, politics, science, math and general human thinking, these claims are greedy.  People used all those things before and distinct from what we now call philosophy.  Philosophers are supposed to clarify terms, but do not clarify what is meant by "philosophy".
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* [http://existentialcomics.com/comic/357 Turing Tests and Other Things of That Nature (Existential Comics)]
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* [https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/philosophy-3 SMBC ridicules philosophy.]
  
 
Philosopher: "What color is the sky?" <br>Student: "Blue." <br>Philosopher: "Let us then proceed from the fact that the sky is blue to reason thusly...." <br>If only the student would observe that the sky is not always blue: it can be gray on a cloudy day, it can be black at night, and sun, moon, stars, clouds, birds, etc. can all make it different than plain, solid blue. If we say the sky is blue, that is not a fact: it is a vague observation or generalization, ignoring the many exceptions, ignoring the scientific explanation of scattering of sunlight and privileging daytime over nighttime conditions. It is not a valid premise that philosophy can be built upon. Most philosophy actually starts with such invalid premises, and it is not too difficult to spot them.
 
Philosopher: "What color is the sky?" <br>Student: "Blue." <br>Philosopher: "Let us then proceed from the fact that the sky is blue to reason thusly...." <br>If only the student would observe that the sky is not always blue: it can be gray on a cloudy day, it can be black at night, and sun, moon, stars, clouds, birds, etc. can all make it different than plain, solid blue. If we say the sky is blue, that is not a fact: it is a vague observation or generalization, ignoring the many exceptions, ignoring the scientific explanation of scattering of sunlight and privileging daytime over nighttime conditions. It is not a valid premise that philosophy can be built upon. Most philosophy actually starts with such invalid premises, and it is not too difficult to spot them.

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