Most training of philosophers goes into training to represent the ideas of other philosophers. But to do that well, you need to be at a level where you could have them yourself, and few philosophers are ever getting there.
Perhaps a better illustration in this context: what it means to be a cow is understood much better by the farmer than by the cow. (If the cow knew, it would usually not play along.)
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Hmm. I feel as if we are talking past one another ... I’m obviously doing a poor job explaining myself ...
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Ok, think of a brilliant young man who loves the military. He studies every book, joins ROTC, then goes to West Point and graduates top of his class. He then goes through the Army Q Course and joins Special Forces. He is 23yo before he is ever deployed into a combat zone ...
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