I'd just like to say I thoroughly approve of Alain de Botton being on Newsnight talking about whatever it is he's talking aabout. Hurrah!
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@PhilosophyExp I wouldn't have a problem with him if he didn't class his pretentious nonsense as philosophy.
@JPPMarsh You might be surprised at how little control an author has over that sort of thing. I keep telling people I'm not a philosopher...
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@PhilosophyExp to it. -
@JPPMarsh Even now...? (I'm not saying he doesn't - I don't really know what he's up to these days). -
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@JPPMarsh That's a slightly different point. Non-philosophers can do philosophy. I'd argue what I do is not misdescribed as philosophy. -
@PhilosophyExp pretentious, naval gazing and utterly pointless. -
@JPPMarsh Okay, this is getting a bit complicated. That looks like a consequentialist objection. Trouble is, people would make similar..
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@juliusmandrake@JPPMarsh My bio is accurate. I also co-founded The Philosophers' Magazine. But I'm a sociologist by training. -
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@juliusmandrake@JPPMarsh Well, I talk about philosophy, & "popularize" it, but I'm not a philosopher. Not trained & never taken a class. -
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@juliusmandrake@JPPMarsh Well, it means you're not an academic philosopher, at least. This is definitional stuff, of course. -
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@PhilosophyExp I accept that. Zizek, for example, is referred to as a philosopher but never refers to himself as one. Botton, however, playsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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