(September 18, 2014 at 5:53 am)Dissily Mordentroge Wrote: "Battle tested strongman, worthy of transmission to the next set of ears"? Putting ideas to the test within a purely acadmic environment without reference to any practical application in the world is from my perspective at the very heart of why philosophy is vanishing up it's own backside at this point in time, and more tragically, regarded by the general public as no more than an obscure academic party game with no relevance to the real world. (Let's not get into a debate about 'real' for now.)
I'm tempted to quote Ayn Rand's epistemology here but since she's regarded as a non-philosopher by the 'wise' I'll desist.
You do realize that Rand opposes this view of Philosophy. And she may not be well-liked among philosophers but that doesn't make her less of one.
