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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 18, 2014 at 12:41 am (This post was last modified: September 18, 2014 at 12:44 am by bennyboy.)
(September 18, 2014 at 12:10 am)Dissily Mordentroge Wrote:
(September 18, 2014 at 12:06 am)bennyboy Wrote: It's all in the word. The central purpose of philosophy is the love of wisdom.
A somewhat circular definition.
How so? Philo (love) + sophy (wisdom) = love of wisdom.

The problem is you think Philosophy = _____, and that I'm saying _____ has as its central purpose the love of wisdom. That's mistaken. The word philosophy IS ITSELF a statement of purpose, and all the things we do in, with, and about philosophy must by definition have the love of wisdom at their core-- or they must be called by a different word.
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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 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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