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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?
September 17, 2014 at 6:38 pm
(September 15, 2014 at 10:18 am)genkaus Wrote:
(September 15, 2014 at 9:01 am)Dissily Mordentroge Wrote: When philosophy, as it so often has, departs from it's central role of determining how we should live and becomes an academic party game than yes, it has over stepped it's boundaries. A problem also exists if we all have different definitions of what actually constitutes 'philosophy'.

Why do you assume that the central role of philosophy is to "determine how we should live"?
Because how we think is absolutely critical to our survival. However if anyone wants to make it no more than an intellectual party game with no relevance to our lives, who am I to stop them?
The Human Race is insane.
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Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries?

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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 dissily mordentroge - September 17, 2014 at 6:38 pm
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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