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> Physicalism of the mind isn't unanimously accepted in philosophy. Much philosophy is just bad science. Pontificating over unanswerable questions is little mo
by gnaritas 10y ago
> Physicalism of the mind isn't unanimously accepted in philosophy.
Much philosophy is just bad science. Pontificating over unanswerable questions is little more than a waste of time. Philosophy's greatest achievement was science, which is a better way to explore reality because logic alone isn't enough, it needs to be backed by evidence.
Physicalism is all that is known to exist, those asserting otherwise have no evidence to back their claims and are basically asserting magic.
- naasking 10y ago> Pontificating over unanswerable questions is little more than a waste of time. You clearly don't understand philosophy. Some philosophers like hearing their own voice talk about such questions, just like some physicists are themselves crackpots. Most philosophers are trying to properly define an otherwise ill-defined subject, and the only way to do that is via various types of thought experiments, just like Einstein did when he formulated his theory of relativity. Or did you not know that science is natural philosophy?
- gnaritas 10y agoSeems you didn't really digest what I said, I understand philosophy just fine. You've quoted one sentence out of context and pretended I said all philosophy is wasting time on unanswerable questions, I didn't. Additionally your last sentence makes it utterly clear you didn't actually read my entire reply as I said philosophy's greatest achievement was science, so to ask if I know science is natural philosophy is a dead giveaway you're not paying attention at all.
- naasking 10y agoI commented on that specific line because that exact sentiment is all too common, and entirely unjustified.
- gnaritas 10y agoAnd I just justified it. "Unanswerable questions" != philosophy, I was critiquing a subset of philosophy, the useless subset, like arguments for God's existence, useless nonsense asking meaningless questions.
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