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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Aug 19

    Steven Pinker Retweeted The Panpsycast

    What is philosophy? That was the first question asked in my new interview on the philosophical podcast The Panpsycast.https://twitter.com/ThePanpsycast/status/1031100309970530304 …

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    The Panpsycast @ThePanpsycast
    Out now! ‘Episode 44, The Steven Pinker Interview’. As always, it's free for everybody on all good podcast platforms! Our Website: http://thepanpsycast.com/panpsycast2/pinker … Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1IUpXIJ1czUcbqKYjVsux5?si=dyHTigLVTVipZu6SNVtp-w … iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-panpsycast-philosophy-podcast/id1141816572?mt=2 … pic.twitter.com/t4yV6ngxTn
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      1. TakingHayekSeriously‏ @FriedrichHayek Aug 19
        Replying to @sapinker

        "Philosophy" is careful thinking about the hardest problems that people prefer to take a punt on which they aren't aware exist without stopping to reflect or to reframe in a new way. Eg all of the hardest problems in Darwinian biology are called "philosophy of biology".

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      1. Teds Theory‏ @TedsTheory Aug 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        Philosophy is the art of deconstructing ideological structures of various fallacies. Which is getting more difficult in the age of corporate black holes that seek censor.

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      1. Captain Simple‏ @JamieCombs Aug 19
        Replying to @sapinker

        pic.twitter.com/jGMzVrnyBN

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      1. tony ridler‏ @tony_ridler Aug 19
        Replying to @sapinker

        Its nice, to be taken seriously. One can't be too nice, seriously 👐

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      1. İdris‏ @idrisyakarau Aug 19
        Replying to @sapinker

        Desire to know.

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      2. Richard Savage‏ @Richardy3674477 Aug 19
        Replying to @sapinker

        And the answer is what, where, when, how and why?????

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      3. Richard Savage‏ @Richardy3674477 Aug 19
        Replying to @Richardy3674477 @sapinker

        Philosophy is all about the question what? What is it all about? Matter is the substance of materialism and the nature of space and time are key parts of Kant's philosophy. So how things do operate and function and the question of why any of it is what it is; that's philosphy.

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      4. Richard Savage‏ @Richardy3674477 Aug 19
        Replying to @Richardy3674477 @sapinker

        It is a subject which explores and investigates the gist of things by asking illuminating questions that cannot be definitively answered, yet such studies promote and explore the deep notions of existence and our remarkable knowledge of it.

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      1. Chandrima Ghosh‏ @Chandri82125457 Aug 19
        Replying to @sapinker

        Wowww

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      1. Philological Crocodile‏ @PhiloCrocodile Aug 19
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        Ha, perhaps a case where @platobooktour could help out?

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      1. Patrick Flores‏ @PatrickDeFlores Aug 19
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        Steven Pinker... help Spain from Gender Feminist, please (one article from you is necessary against making law different for men and women):https://amp.elmundo.es/espana/2018/08/19/5b784a46e5fdeaa3258b45c6.html?__twitter_impression=true …

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      1. Norman‏ @Normansrus Aug 19
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        I think ..............

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      1. No Way‏ @gamerdave69 Aug 19
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        "What is philosophy?" drunken rambling minus the excuse of the drunken part?

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      1. Issey Prada‏ @isseyprada Aug 19
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        Are you a philosopher?

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