Leftists philosopher admits "I studied philosophy because is easy"

SmartLibertarian · 08-02-2014, 12:10 PM

http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/foucaults-freedom/

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I initially started to study philosophy because it seemed like an easy subject that wouldn’t consume too much of my precious time – I was young so my primary interest at the time was to study life!

Quizalufagus · 08-02-2014, 01:47 PM

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I have also discovered since that philosophy is not easy at all and nowadays it consumes practically all my time!

daap-umop-bnp · 08-02-2014, 01:55 PM

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because is easy

I thought we already established that nobody's buying the misspelling thing anymore.

~~Bartholomew Roberts~~ · 08-02-2014, 02:02 PM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU-VJOzb-10

borealis · 08-02-2014, 02:14 PM

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because is easy

I thought we already established that nobody's buying the misspelling thing anymore.

It helps him stay in the mental groove required to keep the character going.

Y.B · 08-02-2014, 02:40 PM

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because is easy

I thought we already established that nobody's buying the misspelling thing anymore.

It helps him stay in the mental groove required to keep the character going.

You seem to know a lot about having a sockpuppet.

espritch · 08-02-2014, 04:34 PM

It isn't so much that philosophy is easy; it's that if you do it badly, no one can tell the difference.

borealis · 08-02-2014, 04:52 PM

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because is easy

I thought we already established that nobody's buying the misspelling thing anymore.

It helps him stay in the mental groove required to keep the character going.

You seem to know a lot about having a sockpuppet.

Lol! If I had one I'd choose a much more amusing persona and style. I did post as Krazy Kat for a few weeks at another forum long ago, but hardly anybody knew the comic so it was an underappreciated effort.

Quizalufagus · 08-02-2014, 05:07 PM

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It isn't so much that philosophy is easy; it's that if you do it badly, no one can tell the difference.

The Sokal affair wasn't really about philosophy. Sokal published that article in some cultural studies journal, not a philosophy one.

Heinz Hershold · 08-02-2014, 05:19 PM

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It isn't so much that philosophy is easy; it's that if you do it badly, no one can tell the difference.

lol

SMS · 08-03-2014, 02:18 PM

He might just mean that it was easy for him. Some people have philosophical minds, otters do not.

RAFH · 08-03-2014, 02:20 PM

SL, did you have some point you were trying to make with this thread?

RAFH · 08-03-2014, 02:23 PM

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He might just mean that it was easy for him. Some people have philosophical minds, otters do not.

What's otters got to do with it?

Testycalibrated · 08-03-2014, 02:47 PM

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It isn't so much that philosophy is easy; it's that if you do it badly, no one can tell the difference.

The Sokal affair wasn't really about philosophy. Sokal published that article in some cultural studies journal, not a philosophy one.

True. And the reviewers did have comments.though somehow my google is.failing at the moment. Anyway, you always have to raise a.glass n honor of the foundational modern troll.

Pavlov's Dog · 08-03-2014, 07:02 PM

People seem to confuse philosophy with post-modernism. Post-modernism is fucking nonsense. Philosophy is what allowed computers to exist.

VMartin · 08-04-2014, 04:47 AM

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Philosophy is what allowed computers to exist.

Pardon?

RAFH · 08-04-2014, 07:16 PM

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Philosophy is what allowed computers to exist.

Pardon?

I am truly sorry, but under the circumstances, no pardon is possible. Your sentence will be carried out as scheduled.

But thanks for asking.

Pavlov's Dog · 08-05-2014, 03:59 AM

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Philosophy is what allowed computers to exist.

Pardon?

Logic.

VMartin · 08-05-2014, 04:59 AM

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Philosophy is what allowed computers to exist.

Pardon?

Logic.

So philosophy enabled steam engines to exist.
Mechanics.

And airplanes.
Geometry.

daap-umop-bnp · 08-05-2014, 05:04 AM

Logic is still within the purview of philosophy. Neither of your counterexamples is.

VMartin · 08-05-2014, 10:21 AM

Physics according to Descartes as a part of philosophy:

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The first part of philosophy is metaphysics, which contains the principles of knowledge, including the explanation of the principal attributes of God, the non-material nature of our souls and all the clear and distinct notions which are in us. The second part is physics, where, after discovering the true principles of material things, we examine the general composition of the entire universe and then, in particular, the nature of this earth and all the bodies which are most commonly found upon it, such as air, water, fire, magnetic ore and other minerals. Next we need to examine individually the nature of plants, of animals and, above all, of man, so that we may be capable later on of discovering the other sciences which are beneficial to man.

http://www.gewina-studium.nl/index.p...ndly/1557/1594

PerseusOmega9 · 08-06-2014, 05:12 PM

old dead people said a lot of crazy stuff

Mike PSS · 08-06-2014, 08:22 PM

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old dead people said a lot of crazy stuff

Cocaine's A Hell of a Drug (Rick James) - YouTube

tsig · 08-08-2014, 04:24 PM

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old dead people said a lot of crazy stuff

That's philosophy.

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