Mike Huben
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*[[Disgust With Philosophy]]<br>I believe philosophical thinking is a necessary tool. But not for any knowledge or wisdom. The only valid use I find for philosophy is to REJECT ideas: most prominently those of philosophers. When students tell me they are interested in philosophy, I want to steer them away from it: what a futile waste of time! | *[[Disgust With Philosophy]]<br>I believe philosophical thinking is a necessary tool. But not for any knowledge or wisdom. The only valid use I find for philosophy is to REJECT ideas: most prominently those of philosophers. When students tell me they are interested in philosophy, I want to steer them away from it: what a futile waste of time! | ||
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| + | Of course there has to be SOME philosophy that I like. I generally like the philosophers who lean towards science (such as Dennett) and some of the golden oldies such as Peirce and Dewey, though I confess that I haven't read much of the latter two. | ||
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| + | * [https://www.ockhamsbeard.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Evolution-and-Moral-Ecology-Tim-Dean-Public.pdf Evolution and Moral Ecology by Timothy Dean]. I haven't spotted a difference between his ideas and mine, though his are greatly better elaborated and explained. Essentially why there is an ecology of moralities and how they have evolved. While he doesn't go there, it effectively answers religious claims to exclusive morality. | ||
== Atheism == | == Atheism == | ||
