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Originally Posted by filtherton
Philosophy also provides a great opportunity for intellectual elitism, like when someone assumes that superior education has anything to do with the ability to reason effectively from a philosophical standpoint, as if credentials matter in a discussions about things unknowable. Usually, these folk make pretty blatant mistakes in characterizing their positions, like making bold statements about reason and logic and in doing so unwittingly giving away the fact that they don't really know much about what reason and logic actually are.
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No reason to be defensive grasshopper. I never said formal education, education is what you learn, some of it may be formal some informal. Touching a hot stove is part of ones education as much as a PhD thesis. My education despite my wall of paper is mostly informal, as should anyone who wants to be more than a parrot.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Ustwo: I think what you are describing is actually the Internet forum, not philosophy per se.
I wouldn't call philosophy mental masturbation; it's more of an orgy. I would consider neither a bad thing.
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I see very little difference.
The basic currency in life is sex and power, no philosophy can change that.
For most people it really doesn't matter much in their lives. You can look at the world any way you want to, but the world will look at you the same.
Great discoveries tend to be philosophy free, science doesn't require it. It doesn't matter if you are a pragmatist, a existentialist, rationalist, the speed of light doesn't change.
Even politics should be pragmatic (heh), as some political philosophies of the 20th century have lead to utter catastrophe.
So my philosophy is that philosophy as a unique discipline is mental masturbation. Nothing important changes.