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Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries?

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Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries?
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RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries?
August 31, 2014 at 7:23 am
I don't indulge in philosophy but I have read various discussions, mostly on other forums. The problems I have is the extent to which it descends into the precise meaning of individual words, which after all are not precise things at all. That, and the tedious line-by-line analysis, going on for page after page, which sends me to sleep. There is s tendancy to try and win arguments not by logic, but by outlasting the other guy: people do not have unlimited time.

It seems to me that it was useful before people had maths, so words had to suffice, but now it seems fairly pointless.
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RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by Diablo - August 31, 2014 at 7:23 am
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by genkaus - September 13, 2014 at 9:52 pm
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by genkaus - September 14, 2014 at 6:50 pm
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by genkaus - September 14, 2014 at 6:48 pm
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by genkaus - September 15, 2014 at 10:18 am
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by genkaus - September 17, 2014 at 6:48 pm
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by bennyboy - September 18, 2014 at 12:06 am
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by Endo - September 18, 2014 at 12:30 am
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by bennyboy - September 18, 2014 at 5:10 am
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by bennyboy - September 18, 2014 at 6:27 am
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by genkaus - September 18, 2014 at 1:05 pm
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by genkaus - September 18, 2014 at 3:24 pm
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by bennyboy - September 18, 2014 at 6:19 pm
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by bennyboy - September 18, 2014 at 12:41 am
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by genkaus - September 18, 2014 at 2:19 am
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by Lao Shizi - September 17, 2014 at 5:22 pm
RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries? - by bennyboy - September 17, 2014 at 5:54 pm

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