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Poll: Which one describes philosophy as an academic discipline?
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How worthless is Philosophy?
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RE: How worthless is Philosophy?
(November 22, 2023 at 6:45 am)Belacqua Wrote:
(November 21, 2023 at 1:00 am)Varium Wrote: My problems with modern "philosophers" are
1 - Usually their ideas have already been implemented by people who are smarter than them.
2 - They see their ideas as revolutionary, but will likely not document these ideas except for on social media such as Twitter or Facebook.
3 - They won't even consider others points of views, and will make shitty Ad Hominem arguments to avoid productive conversation.

I certainly agree that these three points are bad things.

I wonder which modern philosophers you're thinking about. I'm no expert, but I can't think of any of the well-known ones who match the above descriptions.

Who I'm mostly referring to here are those Twitter or Facebook users with "Philosopher" in their bio, usually their only way of expressing ideas is not to write a book or even just make a speech, but to post on these websites. I can't name any off the top-of-my-head, but they're usually White, millennial, Atheistic or Agnostic, and left-leaning. This is not to say there are NO good modern philosophers, however the title is muddled by Twitter users.
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How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - November 14, 2023 at 7:30 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Silver - November 14, 2023 at 7:37 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 14, 2023 at 7:45 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 14, 2023 at 7:57 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Anomalocaris - November 15, 2023 at 7:47 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2023 at 7:51 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - November 14, 2023 at 8:46 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 14, 2023 at 7:53 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Thumpalumpacus - November 14, 2023 at 8:38 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2023 at 9:06 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 14, 2023 at 9:15 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by arewethereyet - November 14, 2023 at 9:19 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 14, 2023 at 9:26 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2023 at 9:19 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by arewethereyet - November 14, 2023 at 9:47 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Fireball - November 14, 2023 at 11:34 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by brewer - November 14, 2023 at 11:39 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Orbit - November 14, 2023 at 11:59 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 15, 2023 at 12:51 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Brian37 - November 15, 2023 at 1:28 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Angrboda - November 15, 2023 at 1:56 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by FrustratedFool - November 15, 2023 at 4:41 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 15, 2023 at 6:36 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Ahriman - November 15, 2023 at 6:40 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 15, 2023 at 7:02 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Ahriman - November 15, 2023 at 7:16 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 15, 2023 at 7:54 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Ahriman - November 15, 2023 at 8:12 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 15, 2023 at 8:28 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Ahriman - November 15, 2023 at 8:51 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Ahriman - November 15, 2023 at 5:27 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 15, 2023 at 7:02 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by FrustratedFool - November 15, 2023 at 7:10 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Magic Pudding. - November 15, 2023 at 7:17 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 15, 2023 at 8:01 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by FrustratedFool - November 15, 2023 at 8:18 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Angrboda - November 15, 2023 at 8:31 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 15, 2023 at 8:40 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 15, 2023 at 8:57 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 15, 2023 at 11:58 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 15, 2023 at 12:44 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Pat Mustard - November 19, 2023 at 6:12 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Neo-Scholastic - November 15, 2023 at 7:29 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 15, 2023 at 8:29 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 15, 2023 at 9:36 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 15, 2023 at 9:51 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 15, 2023 at 10:21 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 15, 2023 at 10:30 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 15, 2023 at 10:31 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 15, 2023 at 10:32 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2023 at 7:38 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Nanny - November 16, 2023 at 9:37 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 16, 2023 at 10:27 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - November 16, 2023 at 10:29 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Bucky Ball - November 16, 2023 at 2:55 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 17, 2023 at 11:13 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Bucky Ball - November 18, 2023 at 6:11 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Bucky Ball - November 20, 2023 at 6:00 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by arewethereyet - November 20, 2023 at 6:06 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Ahriman - November 21, 2023 at 11:44 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Bucky Ball - November 21, 2023 at 7:17 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 13, 2024 at 3:35 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - February 14, 2024 at 7:00 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Fireball - November 17, 2023 at 11:23 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 18, 2023 at 10:27 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 19, 2023 at 9:42 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Nanny - November 21, 2023 at 11:18 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2023 at 1:51 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - November 19, 2023 at 10:08 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 19, 2023 at 10:13 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Variachial - November 21, 2023 at 1:00 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 22, 2023 at 6:45 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Variachial - November 22, 2023 at 10:22 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - November 23, 2023 at 2:54 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 23, 2023 at 11:55 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2023 at 1:49 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 22, 2023 at 10:46 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Ahriman - November 22, 2023 at 10:59 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 22, 2023 at 11:26 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Ahriman - November 22, 2023 at 12:39 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 22, 2023 at 1:13 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Ahriman - November 22, 2023 at 1:24 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 22, 2023 at 3:04 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - February 13, 2024 at 6:03 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 13, 2024 at 6:09 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - February 13, 2024 at 8:08 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 15, 2024 at 5:26 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by neil - February 14, 2024 at 9:46 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - February 14, 2024 at 10:19 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - February 15, 2024 at 2:35 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - February 14, 2024 at 11:27 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 26, 2024 at 11:01 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by no one - February 14, 2024 at 9:34 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - February 15, 2024 at 10:28 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Ahriman - February 15, 2024 at 12:10 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - February 16, 2024 at 12:38 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Ahriman - February 16, 2024 at 2:10 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Anomalocaris - February 16, 2024 at 10:25 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 1:48 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - February 27, 2024 at 12:04 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 12:50 am
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RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 1:26 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by The Grand Nudger - February 27, 2024 at 1:49 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 4:21 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Angrboda - February 27, 2024 at 1:24 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 1:31 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by brewer - February 27, 2024 at 10:56 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 1:34 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Angrboda - February 27, 2024 at 10:29 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Angrboda - February 27, 2024 at 11:25 am
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 5:08 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Angrboda - February 27, 2024 at 5:13 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 5:21 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Belacqua - February 27, 2024 at 7:57 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by brewer - February 27, 2024 at 1:48 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Silver - February 27, 2024 at 1:54 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by brewer - February 27, 2024 at 1:58 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Angrboda - February 27, 2024 at 4:42 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 5:27 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by Angrboda - February 27, 2024 at 5:47 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 6:15 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by HappySkeptic - February 27, 2024 at 6:31 pm
RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 6:48 pm
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RE: How worthless is Philosophy? - by vulcanlogician - February 27, 2024 at 7:34 pm
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