Is academia's fetish for primary sources just a relic from Protestant Reformation ideology?
-
-
Replying to @lumenphosphor
I think it has to do with an evident difficulty across secondary sources to indepently replicate each other's exegesis
1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @Plinz
curious about whether, to academia, some philosophers are more "solved" than others - more aligned exegeses
1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
Replying to @lumenphosphor
Sure, Popper and Dennett are less hermetic than Heidegger and Kant. But accessible authors need less secondary exegesis.
12:16 PM - 22 Sep 2016
0 replies
0 retweets
1 like
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.