I have yet to see any criticism of philosophy at large (as opposed to some given sub-discipline, or particular theorist, or specific individual philosophy convention) that doesn’t just look like complaining about academic disciplines you don’t like (or possibly complaining about academic disciplines you are bad at).
My chief complaint about the academic discipline that I don’t like is the overwhelming frustration of seeing an activity that I love to engage in and in which I excel dominated by woo. Philosophy just isn’t the rational enquiry into the nature of things that I want it to be.
I find it difficult to imagine a combination of words that I could present that isn’t vulnerable to the above accusation.
Sure, that’s fair. I honestly like philosophy—it’s just sometimes much too tiring for me.
(Or, to be more precise, I like the work of expert philosophers. Philosophical questions do attract a lot of well-meaning ignoramuses, especially online.)
I have yet to see any criticism of philosophy at large (as opposed to some given sub-discipline, or particular theorist, or specific individual philosophy convention) that doesn’t just look like complaining about academic disciplines you don’t like (or possibly complaining about academic disciplines you are bad at).
My chief complaint about the academic discipline that I don’t like is the overwhelming frustration of seeing an activity that I love to engage in and in which I excel dominated by woo. Philosophy just isn’t the rational enquiry into the nature of things that I want it to be.
I find it difficult to imagine a combination of words that I could present that isn’t vulnerable to the above accusation.
Since we’re discussing it: here’s Eliezer’s rant on philosophy and how it’s bad at reductionism.
Sure, that’s fair. I honestly like philosophy—it’s just sometimes much too tiring for me.
(Or, to be more precise, I like the work of expert philosophers. Philosophical questions do attract a lot of well-meaning ignoramuses, especially online.)