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I Hate Western Philosophy (lemmygrad.ml)
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I am learning the business side of western philosophy for a college class and I can already tell I hate Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and basically every Greek philosopher.

Edit: To clarify things, I do not hate all of Western philosophy like Karl Marx just the more mainstream parts which are being taught in American academia.

This is a vent post and I was using hyperbole and being dramatic. I am sorry for the confusion.

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[–] 12 points 3 weeks ago* (4 children)

That's a fair critique of pure philosophy (like the Analytical tradition), but modern science is mostly "if the null hypothesis is rejected, then this will happen."

The argument itself is a way to look for things in the real world and can, and should, be discarded as soon as demonstration proves it false.

Philosophers explain the world, but they need to use philosophy to change it.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    The argument itself is a way to look for things in the real world and can, and should, be discarded as soon as demonstration proves it false.

    Holy shit, that is so backwards it hurts.

    Don't accept claims without sufficient evidence.

    Superstition is deadly.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    To be clear, I agree with you. I don't think I was clear in my comment.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Thank you, that was not clear.

    Philosophers explain the world, but they need to use philosophy to change it.

    But they explain the world with magical thinking, and as a result they might change it for the worse without realizing. I am a big fan of relying on physical evidence to guide our decisions.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    Imagination is good. That's the point. But not everything we imagine need be enacted. Most of us get caught up in imagining what's easy for us to envision. The mistakes come in not being able to envision variables that change everything.

    In sociology, they called it latent and dominant effects.

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