(April 1, 2009 at 10:11 am)chatpilot Wrote: My problem with philosophy is that it is my opinion that philosophy tends to over think the matters it seeks to explain or discredit.They introduce alot of ideas which at times are irrelevant and not to mention the circular thinking that leads to nowhere.And they introduce other elements which in my view are way beyond the subject at hand.
You just summed up my view of most of modern philosophy :p
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip