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Is philosophy dead?
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RE: Is philosophy dead?
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:
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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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