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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:30 am

...What's the fucking point? Who benefits from it and how? :think:
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by Link » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:36 am

1)......philosophers? 2)er.....I guess it keeps them busy :pardon:

It does seem a rather odd profession though, sitting around thinking all day.
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Post by Feck » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:37 am

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Re: Philosophy...

Post by Pappa » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:39 am

Bri wrote:...What's the fucking point? Who benefits from it and how? :think:
From what I can gather, the only people who derive any direct benefit from it are people who like reading/debating philosophy. However, I do think there are some indirect effects of it. Perhaps policy makers may turn to it very occasionally when considering ethics. I presume there might be more, but I can't really think of anything else particularly useful. Philosophy might help us all frame our own worldviews more clearly, in a way more easily comunicable to others. :dono:
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Post by Feck » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:48 am

Yes because if it weren't for philosophers we would not be able to think ...just as before chefs we didn't know how to put food in our mouths !

and of course before Economics nobody new rare stuff that people wanted was more valuable !
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:44 am

Philosophy? Mental peacock feathers.
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by FBM » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:03 am

:dq: As a former Philosophy undergrad and now grad student...



...I think you're all pretty much on target. :biggrin:

Philosophers can help sometimes, though, eh? Would the Englightenment, Scientific Revolution, the Internet, etc. have occurred or developed without...wait. Yeah. Probably. :ask:


Hmm. Philosophy requires very little heavy lifting. :tup:
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:06 am

Damn, is there anything you're a former of?

Anyway, "A man who claims to be a philosopher undoubtedly has other bad habits as well."
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by colubridae » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:08 am

Philosophy question #23

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:10 am

I think philosophers are the atheist version of priests. (Take that any way you wish.)
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:21 am

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Post by Pappa » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:23 am

Gawdzilla wrote:I think philosophers are the atheist version of priests. (Take that any way you wish.)
I'll take it the wrong way, thank you very much!!!
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:24 am

Pappa wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:I think philosophers are the atheist version of priests. (Take that any way you wish.)
I'll take it the wrong way, thank you very much!!!
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Post by Pappa » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:35 am

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Pappa wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:I think philosophers are the atheist version of priests. (Take that any way you wish.)
I'll take it the wrong way, thank you very much!!!
BOHICA, then.
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:31 am

Gawdzilla wrote:I think philosophers are the atheist version of priests. (Take that any way you wish.)
Even the theist philosophers? :think:
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