Philosophy About Philosophy... Ironically

[lapis_knight]

Philosophy cannot construct anything besides itself (and then only shakily); it can only tear things down. It can do nothing constructive and yet it fascinates so many. It is the intellectual's toy. It's completely ridiculous and I hope I never have to take a philosophy class. Oh but watch, God has a sense of humor and I'm totally going to wind

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[thqueenofspades]

<3

[coweringmeepo]

I've thoght the same thing for a number of years. That's why I so terribly despised the philosophical debates we'd get in sometimes when the CORE met to hang out at Friendly Center. It all seemed so POINTLESS

And I think it'd deliciously ironic that I'm now caught up in it's grip. Can't think of anything without considering some implication of it or another that don't even have anything necessatily to do with the problem at hand.

But, yes, God does have a sense of humor, and the best we can do is learn to laugh along. ^_^

Yay for colleges big enough to have choices!

[shopeinator]

"Philosophy cannot construct anything besides itself (and then only shakily); it can only tear things down. It can do nothing constructive and yet it fascinates so many. It is the intellectual's toy. It's completely ridiculous and I hope I never have to take a philosophy class."

Yes, I will enjoy spending my life teaching students what I know about tearing things down, and about how to not ever do anything constructive. How enjoyable.

The joke God would be playing would be on the class you landed in.

[shopeinator]

(I just realized how vitriolic my comment may have or will come across. If you can, please read it as more of a playfully embittered jab)

[werebeagle]

Hmm. What is it about philosophy that makes you see it that way? I've always thought of it as bringing our not-quite-conscious assumptions about things into the open by naming them. So, you learn (or are finally forced to admit) the reasons (or lack thereof) for more conscious convictions. In that sense it's no more destructive than, say, formal logic.

[coweringmeepo]

Yah, but that's very destructive. I mean, just think about the debates you and I have had.

Formal logic is extremely detrimental and deconstructive to a species that formulates most of its consciousness from an organic synthesis of experience and assumption.

(And the beauty is, even if you try to argue against it, I can just claim that you're detailing the result of your own experiences and assumptions! Either that or that your syntheses are broken. ^__^)

...And the same goes for all of you! Muahahahahahaha!

[lapis_knight]

Perhaps Alan said what I'm going to say, only more eloquently, but it seems to me that the trained philosopher can prove anything and everything wrong. If philosophy makes no distinction between actual truth and otherwise, then at what point does it become useful?

As a hobby, it's fine by me. Kind of like basketball. Not my cup of tea, but I understand that some people enjoy it. But when people get so wrapped up in it that I start to lose touch with them, it's very sad indeed.

[shopeinator]

"but it seems to me that the trained philosopher can prove anything and everything wrong."

Actually, more likely: "but it seems to me that the trained philosopher can prove anything and everything unable to be proven."

"If philosophy makes no distinction between actual truth and otherwise"

Not sure what you are saying here.

[lapis_knight]

I make a post about how I don't like philosophy and for comments I get philosophy about philosophy. Hahahaha! I love it!

I love you all very much but I hope you'll forgive me for not feeling like fielding answers to your questions.