Disgust With Philosophy
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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 has all the rigor of a game of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes#Calvinball Calvinball]. | * It has all the rigor of a game of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes#Calvinball Calvinball]. | ||
| + | <blockquote>The downside of this approach [foundational philosophical commitments] is that anyone who disagrees with one’s philosophic foundations will not be much persuaded by one’s conclusions drawn from them—and philosophers are not generally known for their widespread agreement on foundational issues.<br> | ||
| + | <cite>[[Matt Zwolinski]], "[https://iep.utm.edu/libertar/ Libertarianism (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)]"</cite></blockquote> | ||
I'm collecting a number of references to criticisms of philosophy. | I'm collecting a number of references to criticisms of philosophy. | ||
