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Hmmm, I suspect that you and I may not agree as to what the purpose of philosophical studies is. It's a very different purpose than that of the sciences. I per
by JohnFen 1y ago
Hmmm, I suspect that you and I may not agree as to what the purpose of philosophical studies is. It's a very different purpose than that of the sciences.
I personally don't agree with most of what compatibalism posits, but that doesn't mean I don't agree with philosophy as a field of study.
> they are trying to gaslight the general public
Who is "they"? And I'd venture to say that the vast majority of the general public have never even heard of compatibilism, so are hardly being "gaslit" by it.
- amichail 1y agoPhilosophy does not have much utility nowadays. Scientists should stop pretending that it does. Scientists who say they don't understand compatibilism should say what they really think about it (e.g., that it is nonsense or an attempt at gaslighting).
- JohnFen 1y ago> Philosophy does not have much utility nowadays. I have no idea what you mean by this. > Scientists should stop pretending that it does. Science and philosophy are two entirely different fields. Very few people are both. Whatever scientists think about philosophical topics carries no more weight than what anyone else thinks about philosophical topics.
- amichail 1y agoMaybe astrology should be an academic field also and scientists should not mock it?