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Academic philosophy: my quixotic quest

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by frizlab • 11 months ago

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3willows• 11 months ago

After all, philosophy advertises itself as a home to critical thinking. Some of my professors said that I was too critical, which may seem prima facie absurd. It turned out that they were right, in a way. I was too critical of and for my profession.

I think that puts the finger on the issue.

- Any form of philosophical discussion needs to start from some shared background assumptions.

- The academics who spent their life and work solving problems based on these assumptions would not be pleased to have these assumptions challenged: just as a Christian theologian would not be pleased if a student suddenly turned round and said, actually, the Muslims are right.

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