Just me or is philosophy actually a complete shitshow? When I was younger I really wanted to major in philosophy because I thought it was "learning to think real good about abstract stuff", but eventually found out it was "quoting other famous people's stuff at each other"
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how solid they were and then debate them endlessly and then throw out the philosophers that didn't hold up. Most philosophy-trained people don't seem to actually be approaching texts with a critical, destructive eye.
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How many people doing philosophy have you spoken to? I see the destructive eye almost always. It seems like when they quote another philosopher they're acting as a curator - and effectively giving citations.
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