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[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

Originally I thought philosophy as a discipline was basically so far up its own ass as to be useless, then I took one or two philosophy classes and had some genuine interest, then I got politically engaged and read more philosophy outside of a classroom environment, and ultimately decided my original feeling was mostly correct.

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I feel like every time I go down a philosophy rabbit hole I'm getting on a train to go to some destination only to realize after a few circuits that I stepped into a carousel.

The only exception being dialectical materialism because it destroys and remakes itself constantly as the world around it shifts.

Instead of trying to pigeonhole and describe the world in a system, why not just have the system be the world as it is? Apply the scientific method you fools.

[-] woodenghost@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Totally agree on dialectical materialism, though there is no such thing as a universally accepted scientific method. I say this as a scientist working in a technical field: science in capitalism is ripe with contradiction.

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Agree on that too. The basic concept of it though is still pretty rare in philosophy. The fact that your theory is meant to adapt and change over time as you gain more information about the world.

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