Who are the best amateur philosophers, past and present -- people who do important philosophical work outside an academic setting? (Of course, the distinction only makes sense for relatively recent times.)
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Maybe if you're talking about 'paradigm shifts' rather than business as usual. The few 'exceptional individuals' (who can only be identified after the event) exist in a community of 'pilgrims' navigating to a 'new land'. Without the community, the exceptionals wouldn't exist.
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I sincerely believe that the standards of scholarship in the humanities are so poor by now that the “community” does more harm than good to the student.
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