(January 3, 2013 at 1:41 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:(January 3, 2013 at 1:36 pm)Brian37 Wrote: ...
Philosophy is dead, it is mere mental masterbation. There is no need for philosophy when you have REAL tools to measure the world around us.
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Is that your philosophy?
I was not born when scientific method was established. There is a difference between an "Idea" and a "tool". Philosophies are everything from politics to religion to personal wishes, those are not tools, just personal likes.
Scientific method is a tool. It goes way beyond personal likes. It is a tool that allows conformation of data and falsification of data.
Owning other humans was an accepted "philosophy". "Worship the state" is the philosophy of North Korea. They might work out for the powers that be but suck as "philosophies" for those who don't have the power.
Again, if you want to know why I hate that word and why life is merely part of a universal evolution we all are a part of "The New Atheism", explains quite well why we don't need the word "philosophy".
We are all entitled to our own opinions "philosophies" but we are not entitled to our own facts. Science is the only universal tool we know can be used to settle differences in our perceptions of the world around us. Philosophy is merely our personal predilections, no different than religion or politics.
