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I don't completely agree with joifw's sentiment, but philosophy sits on thin ice when everything inevitably means nothing in the end.

• akiselev 4y ago
  That's the edgy layman's philosophy, aka nihilism. It's a branch of philosophy most philosophers don't take very seriously, if at all.
  • HKH2 4y ago
    The best thing about philosophy is you can just make an argument without appealing to authority.
    • akiselev 4y ago
      You call it "appealing to authority," I call it "standing on the shoulders of giants." It's philosophy for god's sake. There is no authority [callback]. You can cherry pick which parts you believe and it doesn't make a damn bit of difference. [callback] Except if you're a theologian... which is why most philosophers take the theologian subset even less seriously than they do the existential nihilists.
      • HKH2 4y ago
        You say there is no authority, yet you keep appealing to it. Who cares what is in vogue in philosophy? Just respond with an argument.