RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 28, 2022 at 8:55 pm
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2022 at 8:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Let's see if this helps.
Let's say we observe philosophy getting things wrong. There won't be any argument, it's just wrong, all the time, we observe this. Let's come up with a hypothesis.
Maybe it's always wrong because it doesn't take contemporary science into account. If that were true, we should be able to look at those times It's Wrong™ and see that they didn't take contemporary science into account. No dice. Kagan, Cole, Dennet, and Crosby all explicitly premise their philosophy on contemporary science and yet It's Wrong™. Must be some other reason, since they can do science, and still get it wrong.
Maybe the problem is that there's no objectivity? If that were true then we should be able to look at those times It's Wrong™ and see that they didn't premise their conclusions on facts of a matter. No dice again. It must be some other reason, since every one explicitly premises their philosophy on facts of a matter, and still get it wrong.
It's a mystery. It's just plain wrong, but not for either of these reasons.
(I have others - maybe it's always wrong because some cosmic monkey in an organ box reshuffles the cosmos after every flip of the coin.)
Let's say we observe philosophy getting things wrong. There won't be any argument, it's just wrong, all the time, we observe this. Let's come up with a hypothesis.
Maybe it's always wrong because it doesn't take contemporary science into account. If that were true, we should be able to look at those times It's Wrong™ and see that they didn't take contemporary science into account. No dice. Kagan, Cole, Dennet, and Crosby all explicitly premise their philosophy on contemporary science and yet It's Wrong™. Must be some other reason, since they can do science, and still get it wrong.
Maybe the problem is that there's no objectivity? If that were true then we should be able to look at those times It's Wrong™ and see that they didn't premise their conclusions on facts of a matter. No dice again. It must be some other reason, since every one explicitly premises their philosophy on facts of a matter, and still get it wrong.
It's a mystery. It's just plain wrong, but not for either of these reasons.
(I have others - maybe it's always wrong because some cosmic monkey in an organ box reshuffles the cosmos after every flip of the coin.)
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