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I would disagree and say philosophers study philosophy and I use study in a loose sense meaning "look into". I dont think you can read your way or study your wa
by Mendenhall 10y ago
I would disagree and say philosophers study philosophy and I use study in a loose sense meaning "look into". I dont think you can read your way or study your way into philosophy. To me that is studying someone elses work not philosophy.
Oddly enough I find aristotle a bore, he was too myopic and clinical when philosophy is no such thing. He was firmly rooted in the shadow cast on the wall and not what was casting the shadow for my taste.
I would fall in the same camp as you and be annoyed by the "philosophers" that dont study anything else and proceed talk about it. I find most "philosophers" to not even be philosophers, they just like to be considered so.
- usgroup 10y agoIt'd seem that you have an implicit criteria for what constitutes doing philosophy. What do you mean exactly? In school you read the philosophy of others and write papers to try and add something to the arguments. Are you thinking more the old school systems guys like Liebniz, Spinoza, Descartes, etc who did other jobs and werent academically affiliated?
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- pmoriarty 10y ago"I find aristotle a bore, he was too myopic and clinical when philosophy is no such thing. He was firmly rooted in the shadow cast on the wall and not what was casting the shadow for my taste." So which philosopher, in your view, got at what was casting the shadow?