Philosophy is becoming rather irritating.

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You ruined it yourself in your very first post in this thread, which I thought was badly conceived and rather trollish. Don't blame MR for the deficiencies in your own position. The blame lies squarely with you.
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LOL! Every snarky jab and every overpersonalized pejorative aimed at me just confirms my having made my case frustratingly well. When you can't attack the argument you attack the person who made it. Standard ad hom troll tactics. Thanks Yaz!
 
Yazata said:
As of post #92, before the thread inexplicably revived, you were crowing about what you imagined was your great victory. It isn't clear what you imagined that you had defeated.



You are the one who is repeatedly using the phrase "ridiculous extremes". The idea, whatever you intend it to mean, lies at the heart of your assault on philosophy. You refuse to clarify your meaning and intentions, despite having been asked to do so repeatedly.

You can't just announce that it's impossible to explain, suggesting that clarifying what you mean is an example of philosophical extremism that pushes our language beyond its boundaries, while leaving your words behind you like the 'Cheshire cat's grin'. Your whole attack on philosophy collapses without clarification.

Many areas of life, such as science and the practice of law, pay great attention to what words and phrases mean (in context). Generally speaking, that's true throughout higher education, especially in more technical subjects.



You ruined it yourself in your very first post in this thread, which I thought was badly conceived and rather trollish. Don't blame MR for the deficiencies in your own position. The blame lies squarely with you.
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I have already defined extreme, and even given examples to put it into context. Your lack of understanding what it is at this point is your lack of intelligence, and it is no longer my fault.

I have already clarified what my position is seperate from my initial post. Once again, your lack of being able to look past it is also no longer my fault.

My point of view has been perfectly explained and backed up with logic and reason. Once again, your lack of understanding is not my fault.
 
Magical Realist said:
LOL! Every snarky jab and every overpersonalized pejorative aimed at me just confirms my having made my case frustratingly well. When you can't attack the argument you attack the person who made it. Standard ad hom troll tactics. Thanks Yaz!
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Its you NOT making a case at all, while claiming you do that is frustrating. But if that is how you seek satifisfaction then so be it. It is also why you arent taken seriously by anyone.
 
BWE1 said:
It's a hazard everywhere
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True. There's a story told about De Gaulle, passing a street demonstration in a car and noticing a man holding a placard saying, "Mort aux Cons!".
De Gaulle indicated this placard and, waving his hand dismissively, remarked: "Vaste entreprise."
 
Is philosophy relevant? I think so. I'll always think so, because it offers everyone an opportunity to work through their mundane issues, large or small, abstract or concrete, by using their own methods of critical thinking. Philosophy helps us develop critical thinking skills as much as science, I'd say. Common sense and philosophy aren't that separate and away from each other, though. I'll have to give that a little more thought.

[Yes, I'm bumping old threads...apparently, 2016 was a good year for threads, and I wasn't active much, then.]
 
wegs said:
Is philosophy relevant? I think so. I'll always think so, because it offers everyone an opportunity to work through their mundane issues, large or small, abstract or concrete, by using their own methods of critical thinking. Philosophy helps us develop critical thinking skills as much as science, I'd say. Common sense and philosophy aren't that separate and away from each other, though. I'll have to give that a little more thought.

[Yes, I'm bumping old threads...apparently, 2016 was a good year for threads, and I wasn't active much, then.]
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New avatar! I like it.

Common sense is fine as long as it applies to the subject at hand. One's "common sense" applied to something out of one's realm of knowledge or expertise is useless.

Philosophy can mean a lot of things. If it's being used to mean "thinking about something"...sure, what's not to like? If it means navel gazing and months long threads about definitions then that is useless as well.
 
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Seattle said:
New avatar! I like it.
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Common sense is fine as long as it applies to the subject at hand. One's "common sense" applied to something out of your realm of knowledge or expertise is useless.
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True, but I'm not sure if common sense can be applied to topics outside of one's realm of expertise. If one is unfamiliar with a particular subject, common sense won't help too much.

Philosophy can mean a lot of thing. If it's being used to mean "thinking about something"...sure, what's not to like? If it means navel gazing and months long threads about definitions then that is useless as well.
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It's known as ''the love of wisdom,'' philosophy that is. So, going with that brief definition, I like it. But, whose wisdom exactly, that's another story. lol

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