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I find this to be a better explanation on the purpose of philosophy: http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s10113.pdf http://assets.press.princeton.edu/cha
by vincentmarle 6y ago
I find this to be a better explanation on the purpose of philosophy: http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s10113.pdf http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s10113.pdf
- rhizome 6y agoIt's kind of funny how philosophy is the only topic that gets this kind of analysis. What is the purpose of music? Perhaps most famously (after philosophy): what is the purpose of astronomy?
- deckiedan 6y agoFunny and kind of expected, right? Like how much time we programmers spend programming our environments? Of course philosophy wants to argue it's purpose. Musicians could write a symphony to explain music, if they felt the need, and astronomers could draw a detailed map of astronomy and explain how fast the different sub fields were diverging based on their red shift and parallax calculations?
- 082349872349872 6y ago“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.”
- 082349872349872 6y agoAlso, https://existentialcomics.com/comic/362 https://existentialcomics.com/comic/362
- dredmorbius 6y agoAgreed, a worthwhile read.