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 ca

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.