> It sounds like you don't value philosophical knowledge I value knowledge based on data and where that is not available, philosophical reasoning. I see 'philo

> It sounds like you don't value philosophical knowledge I value knowledge based on data and where that is not available, philosophical reasoning. I see 'philosophical knowledge' as somewhat of a contradiction in terms. However I don't see how there can be a point in trying to demonstrate that something is 'dehumanizing' without even properly defining what the term means. It seems to be a recipe for pages of word games rather than any useful philosophical reasoning. > to that end I won't endeavor to persuade you of it's merit. I would advise you to read his work before you criticize it. Could you at least provide the name of work that the quote comes from? Despite my pessimism I'm prepared to at least look at some of his work.