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I’m sympathetic to David Stove’s idea that the main value of academic philosophy is in saving ordinary (productive) people from the trouble of having to do phil
by larnmar 7y ago
I’m sympathetic to David Stove’s idea that the main value of academic philosophy is in saving ordinary (productive) people from the trouble of having to do philosophy themselves.
- sudosysgen 7y agoAnd yet without thinking by themselves ordinary people won't be able to understand that philosophy, making it almost worthless given the underlying assumption that neglects the inherent value of philosophy. This can be well demonstrated by... Software engineers informally having viewpoints or ideas that were already refuted :)