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Anyone making an argument against the value of philosophy usually fails because they don't have the analytical/argumentative toolkit to construct a good argumen
by vehemenz 4y ago
Anyone making an argument against the value of philosophy usually fails because they don't have the analytical/argumentative toolkit to construct a good argument. Precisely because they didn't study philosophy. And if they had, they probably wouldn't be making the argument in the first place.
- _8j50 4y agoI don't have anything against philosophy man, I just don't to be forced into debt and lose valuable time to learn someone else's philosophy. And even that a very western centric perspective. And how is that relevant to compsci undergrad?
- 11101010001100 4y agoThis is right. I try to make a point to STEM graduate students that it is called a Doctor of Philosophy for a good reason.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoMost people can't construct a valid argument unless they have taken philosophy classes in college? That sounds like your argument is rather shoddy.
- brewdad 4y agoWhat is your argument then? Saying nuh-uh you're wrong isn't a valid argument.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoSaying "that argument is faulty" is a valid argument about the other argument. It is not a valid argument about the original topic. I can say that the argument is invalid without even taking a position on the original topic. I can do so with extra appreciation of the irony when the original claim was "those people can't construct a valid argument".