What's the point of philosophy any more?

[Angrboda]

Another reason why I find epistemology less interesting than metaphysics is because I don't think we can know which is the right way to know. We just have to pick the position that is most useful to is. There becomes the problem of metaepistemology. It's not about knowing what is the right definition, it's about making a decision, about choosing the position that makes the most sense and THEN going from there to know stuff. We have to start with definitions FIRST. Epistemology comes AFTERWARDS.

I don't think a discussion of the Gettier problems involves simply making a choice and proceeding from there. It is applying reason to problems which are real and tangible, and can't simply be decided by the fiat of choice. You may not like epistemology, but it consists of conversations about real issues as much as any other field of philosophy. How can we do science if we cannot even determine what it means to know something?