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Is philosophy dead?
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RE: Is philosophy dead?
(January 10, 2016 at 9:49 pm)Rhythm Wrote:
(January 10, 2016 at 7:26 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Baseball without a ball is dead, too.  But just because some people try to play it that way doesn't mean that baseball is dead.

....lol?  When the players on the field..in this case philosphers...try to play it that way, it -is- dead.  This is all that has ever been discussed behind that tagline, this is what was meant, despite your imaginative fantasies of the last few pages.  This is a fact easily checked by sourcing the quote which started the conversation.  

Much ado about nothing, again.

I think you're confusing the subject of philosophy with the redudant douchery that exists in academia today.  Look at almost ANY school, including some of the theoretical physics schools and almost all the humanities, and you'll see pompous know-nothings puffing up some bullshit position to keep a niche for themselves.  Yes, philosophy is particularly prone to this, since there's little that an academic can achieve that a reasonably smart person can't match with a few hours' free time and a couple dollars in late charges at their local library.

But it's not the death of philosophy, imo, that we're really talking about.  It's the oversaturation of academic institutions, and the struggle to find ANYTHING new to talk about, that leads to us all being buried in bullshit.
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Is philosophy dead? - by Mechaghostman2 - January 9, 2016 at 5:04 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by robvalue - January 9, 2016 at 5:07 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Alex K - January 9, 2016 at 6:21 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Jackalope - January 10, 2016 at 3:22 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by robvalue - January 9, 2016 at 7:25 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Faith No More - January 9, 2016 at 8:41 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Alex K - January 9, 2016 at 10:32 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by LastPoet - January 9, 2016 at 8:54 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by The Valkyrie - January 9, 2016 at 8:55 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Marsellus Wallace - January 9, 2016 at 10:09 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 9, 2016 at 10:45 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Mechaghostman2 - January 9, 2016 at 11:16 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 10, 2016 at 3:00 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 10, 2016 at 3:00 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Mechaghostman2 - January 10, 2016 at 3:21 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Jackalope - January 10, 2016 at 3:28 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 10, 2016 at 3:58 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Jackalope - January 10, 2016 at 5:34 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 10, 2016 at 8:12 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Jackalope - January 10, 2016 at 8:22 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Alex K - January 10, 2016 at 11:15 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Jackalope - January 10, 2016 at 3:20 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Jackalope - January 10, 2016 at 8:23 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 10, 2016 at 3:51 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Cato - January 9, 2016 at 11:45 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by robvalue - January 10, 2016 at 3:46 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Edwardo Piet - January 10, 2016 at 8:46 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by The Grand Nudger - January 10, 2016 at 9:20 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 10, 2016 at 7:26 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by *Deidre* - January 10, 2016 at 3:32 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 10, 2016 at 7:17 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by *Deidre* - January 10, 2016 at 7:30 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 10, 2016 at 8:18 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by *Deidre* - January 10, 2016 at 8:20 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Whateverist - January 10, 2016 at 9:45 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by The Grand Nudger - January 10, 2016 at 9:49 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 10, 2016 at 11:06 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Alex K - January 11, 2016 at 1:54 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 11, 2016 at 2:55 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Alex K - January 11, 2016 at 5:12 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 11, 2016 at 5:58 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Alex K - January 11, 2016 at 6:10 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Whateverist - January 10, 2016 at 10:06 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Whateverist - January 10, 2016 at 10:11 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by The Grand Nudger - January 10, 2016 at 10:12 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Jackalope - January 11, 2016 at 4:10 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by The Grand Nudger - January 11, 2016 at 1:11 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 11, 2016 at 1:28 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by The Grand Nudger - January 11, 2016 at 1:33 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by robvalue - January 11, 2016 at 5:38 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Silver - January 11, 2016 at 5:44 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 11, 2016 at 5:59 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by Whateverist - January 11, 2016 at 1:08 pm
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by robvalue - January 11, 2016 at 6:02 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by bennyboy - January 11, 2016 at 8:36 am
RE: Is philosophy dead? - by The Grand Nudger - January 11, 2016 at 9:43 am

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