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As a degree holder in Philosophy, having naming my son Soren, I have to say I find that to be just a very negative statement about a great field of study. The v

by baldfat 10y ago

As a degree holder in Philosophy, having naming my son Soren, I have to say I find that to be just a very negative statement about a great field of study. The vast amount of Philosophy out there has something well worth diving in and the execution could not be a person's style but the deep dive of thought is quite amazing. Also if you don't know the significance of my son's name (Soren) I usually just nod my head nicely and walk away from philosophy "experts."

askAwayMan 10y ago
For those wondering, searching Wikipedia brought would lead me to guess Soeren is in reference to Kierkegaard.
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boomboomsubban 10y ago
It's a realistic view of a great study. Copenhagen was just one university teaching philosophy around 1840, are you able to name a second philosopher that came out of there? How about 1/10?
- baldfat 10y ago
  > are you able to name a second philosopher that came out of there? Since Kierkegaard was totally forgotten and wasn't rediscovered made popular in Germany by Boltmann till the 20th Century and no English translation till the 1940's I really don't see the significance of your comment. > How about 1/10? Not sure what you are saying there >It's a realistic view of a great study 90% of CS Journal Articles are garbage? 90% of Math in Journals are garbage? 90% of Medicine Writing Journals are Garbage? It isn't acceptable to disparage a Philosophy and call it a waste of time. It's right up there with it being okay to say "I'm not good in math" in professional settings. Both remarks are totally acceptable to say but they really shouldn't
  - boomboomsubban 10y ago
    >Since Kierkegaard was totally forgotten and wasn't rediscovered made popular in Germany by Boltmann till the 20th Century I don't know where you got this, but it is an exaggeration of the truth. And unless you think the same thing is just waiting to happen to all the other philosophers that surrounded him, doesn't change the fact that most philosophy is tossed aside for good reason. And yes, the same can be said of many different fields.
  - gshubert17 10y ago
    The claim that 90% of philosophy articles are garbage is a special case of a more general claim that 90% of everything is garbage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law

by baldfat 10y ago

askAwayMan 10y ago

For those wondering, searching Wikipedia brought would lead me to guess Soeren is in reference to Kierkegaard.

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boomboomsubban 10y ago

It's a realistic view of a great study. Copenhagen was just one university teaching philosophy around 1840, are you able to name a second philosopher that came out of there? How about 1/10?

baldfat 10y ago
> are you able to name a second philosopher that came out of there? Since Kierkegaard was totally forgotten and wasn't rediscovered made popular in Germany by Boltmann till the 20th Century and no English translation till the 1940's I really don't see the significance of your comment. > How about 1/10? Not sure what you are saying there >It's a realistic view of a great study 90% of CS Journal Articles are garbage? 90% of Math in Journals are garbage? 90% of Medicine Writing Journals are Garbage? It isn't acceptable to disparage a Philosophy and call it a waste of time. It's right up there with it being okay to say "I'm not good in math" in professional settings. Both remarks are totally acceptable to say but they really shouldn't
- boomboomsubban 10y ago
  >Since Kierkegaard was totally forgotten and wasn't rediscovered made popular in Germany by Boltmann till the 20th Century I don't know where you got this, but it is an exaggeration of the truth. And unless you think the same thing is just waiting to happen to all the other philosophers that surrounded him, doesn't change the fact that most philosophy is tossed aside for good reason. And yes, the same can be said of many different fields.
- gshubert17 10y ago
  The claim that 90% of philosophy articles are garbage is a special case of a more general claim that 90% of everything is garbage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law