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I'm not sure who you're referring to as "the lunatics of the philosophy world", but I'm skeptical of the idea that philosophers have "answered" any question in
by rpedroso 14y ago
I'm not sure who you're referring to as "the lunatics of the philosophy world", but I'm skeptical of the idea that philosophers have "answered" any question in the way science answers questions.
There is certainly a debate to be had about what constitutes science, but we can agree on at least a rough framework: testability, induction, the scientific method, etc.
You can't say the same about philosophy. A debate between two neo-Aristotelians about final cause and teleology might be scoffed at by a Humean empiricist. In the larger sense, there are few if any things that the philosophical world would agree to.
There is, however, an interesting popular philosophy book series that I (as a philosophy grad student) really appreciate: "X and Philosophy".
There are dozens of these. "House and Philosophy", "Game of Thrones and Philosophy", "The Hunger Games and Philosophy", etc.
They do a tremendous job of introducing the philosophical debates underpinning the themes of shows, books, movies, etc. They don't attempt to make some kind of grandiose conclusion, but they break down complex thought in a way ost people could understand and take something away from.