RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 18, 2022 at 1:27 am
(February 18, 2022 at 1:01 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: a good way to begin a philosophy paper nowadays.
It's frustrating to me how "polymath" always makes claims that are replete with philosophy, in order to criticize philosophy. He doesn't seem to realize he's doing the very thing he says has little value.
There are so many assumptions going unexamined there. For example, he thinks that philosophy would be good if it were a source of theories that could be tested by empirical science. This is a value judgment which of course isn't itself testable by science. It's his philosophy.
His untestable philosophy is that testable things are good. And he thinks this philosophy is good.
If all the philosophers gave up and became scientists, this would probably make him happy. And then all of his unexamined philosophical assumptions could go completely unchallenged by anyone.
It tries a person's patience.
