RE: Interesting statistics about academic philosophy
September 12, 2015 at 4:20 am
(This post was last modified: September 12, 2015 at 4:21 am by bennyboy.)
My view is that when basic assumptions are no longer recognized as assumptions but rather as truths, then philosophers must backtrack to those assumptions, always keeping them in view. I don't know whether solipsism is true, for example, but if I lose view of that possibility, then I've abandoned an instence on what is provably real. And while this is pragmatic in terms of coming up with interesting views on life, it becomes a problem when I no longer believe an assumption is being made at all, and move on to the next battle, ignoring the one that should continue to rage on forever at that first step of the journey.
And that's the problem with academia. . . many of the philosopherlings will come up taking the elder's view as their own, without having really started with that first step, and will therefore not know about the many unproven, and unprovable assumptions, that they've catapulted past without any serious consideration.
And that's the problem with academia. . . many of the philosopherlings will come up taking the elder's view as their own, without having really started with that first step, and will therefore not know about the many unproven, and unprovable assumptions, that they've catapulted past without any serious consideration.
