RE: Is philosophy dead?
January 11, 2016 at 1:11 am
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2016 at 1:22 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Christ, it's like the Twilight Zone all of a sudden. Not my interview, not my tagline, not my response. However confused I may be about -anything- has absolutely no bearing on the contention made by another. That contention, oft quote mined and blown out of proportion (as has happened twice on these boards in as many weeks), is and was a criticism of pure reason.
Even more specifically, it was the contention that philosophers have not kept abreast of scientific discovery which, again, is a system for generating sound propositions. Not that there wasn't anything new to talk about, that there was some struggle to find something new, precisely the opposite. That the same bullshit, as you put it...keeps getting rehashed is exactly what the notion of the death of philosophy refers to.
To cover the final point expressed in that same conversation, which has garnered so much controversy...there was also the claim that science has taken the field once dominated by philosophy. When we want to answer a question...we don't run out and hire philosophers. Not even when the question is one of pure reasons traditional strongholds. We're doing science there as well.
Can you see why, in a popularizing interview...for google.....a person might say, regarding the above....philosophy is dead? It was an attempt at a pithy summary. It worked, because it stuck....otoh, it stuck so well that people don't recall the rest of it. :throws hands in the air:
Even more specifically, it was the contention that philosophers have not kept abreast of scientific discovery which, again, is a system for generating sound propositions. Not that there wasn't anything new to talk about, that there was some struggle to find something new, precisely the opposite. That the same bullshit, as you put it...keeps getting rehashed is exactly what the notion of the death of philosophy refers to.
To cover the final point expressed in that same conversation, which has garnered so much controversy...there was also the claim that science has taken the field once dominated by philosophy. When we want to answer a question...we don't run out and hire philosophers. Not even when the question is one of pure reasons traditional strongholds. We're doing science there as well.
Can you see why, in a popularizing interview...for google.....a person might say, regarding the above....philosophy is dead? It was an attempt at a pithy summary. It worked, because it stuck....otoh, it stuck so well that people don't recall the rest of it. :throws hands in the air:
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!