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I think it's a common misconception that philosophy is an imprecise discipline. I think what makes people think that is the fact that often philosophy deals wi
by datashovel 12y ago
I think it's a common misconception that philosophy is an imprecise discipline. I think what makes people think that is the fact that often philosophy deals with topics that have not yet been (or may never be) formalized.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoThere is philosophy and there is philosophy. What a lot of laypeople have experience with is mostly the type of philosophy that is just meandering with thoughts and overanalyzing the meaning of words to the point of breakage. I think this is the part that makes many people treat the word "philosophy" as synonymous with "nonsense". I agree that philosophy often deals with topics that have not yet been properly formalized - after all, this is the discipline that's on the frontlines of important problems, asking questions that later get answered with more formal approach.