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I don't think philosophers should even be in the running for this title. They write way too many words when few do trick.
by chatmasta 3y ago
I don't think philosophers should even be in the running for this title. They write way too many words when few do trick.
- ysofunny 3y agobut talking is part of the contest (I should not have said it was about "text"; nonetheless academia still maintains an oral tradition in teaching and thesis defenses) so while written philosophy is verbose, philosophers talking can "transfer" a lot of "meaning" with short sentence whereas mathematicians will likely need to talk for a very long time for what they can write down in a short terse equation
- thfuran 3y agoWho do the few words trick? Why do the philosophers wait for that before writing their many words?