These convos can feel actively hostile to real-time thought. A priori, you might think that it's actually pretty cool to generate ideas similar to famous philosophical arguments from first principles, but academic types sometimes act like this is a sign of insufficient educationhttps://twitter.com/Aella_Girl/status/1185074220931305473 …
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ok fair enough. The start of the thread you are responding to is definitely strawmanning though.https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl/status/1185074006329683968 …
I haven't had enough exposure to academic philosophy to know if that's a fair characterization of how those degree programs work, fwiw. My experiences def aren't inconsistent with it. I'm more interested in setting better conversational norms outside the university campus.
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This issue arises from the difference between mere scholarship and true philosophy. Scholars argue the great works, whereas Philosophers discuss ideas.
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