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What's the point of philosophy any more?
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RE: What's the point of philosophy any more?
(March 21, 2018 at 8:59 pm)Hammy Wrote: But you dogmatically hold the position that absolute certainty is dogmatic regardless of reason. I'm absolutely certain that absolute certainty itself is only dogmatic in some cases and the cases in which it is is due to a lack of reason for itself not a mere presence of itself for no reason at all.
I hold the position that the assertion by authority of incontrovertible truth is dogmatic.  This is..supposedly, an a priori truth.  True by virtue of meaning alone.    You can take it or leave it, it's your baby.

That there is wide disagreement on the subject, including whether or not a priori truths even exist is a statement of fact.  As much as it may irritate your innate obsession with your own orthodoxy (except..when, you know..there's some a priori truth you want to argue against Wink )...it would be incredibly lazy of us to dismiss that body or pretend that no one had ever offered cogent criticism of the concept of a priori justifications or the insufficiency of the many classifications of a priori and a posteriori statements.
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RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Sal - March 20, 2018 at 7:33 am
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Brian37 - March 20, 2018 at 4:36 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by tjakey - March 20, 2018 at 9:40 am
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Silver - March 20, 2018 at 12:05 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Brian37 - March 20, 2018 at 12:16 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Brian37 - March 20, 2018 at 12:33 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Brian37 - March 20, 2018 at 4:32 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by The Grand Nudger - March 21, 2018 at 10:46 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by bennyboy - March 22, 2018 at 12:30 am
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by bennyboy - March 24, 2018 at 10:31 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Angrboda - March 25, 2018 at 12:52 pm
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by bennyboy - March 28, 2018 at 10:24 am
RE: What's the point of philosophy any more? - by Shell B - March 25, 2018 at 5:05 pm

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