Philosophy Criticism

Comments dismissing or critiquing philosophy as vague pontificating, irrelevant to practical matters, or mere arguments over definitions, often referencing Paul Graham's essay, Wittgenstein, or academic philosophy debates.

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loeg Dec 27, 2022 View on HN

That seems like a philosophical argument.

saint-loup Jul 6, 2010 View on HN

That sounds like philosophy. :]

throwaway2048 Mar 27, 2021 View on HN

Philosophy might have a thing or two to say about that.

nathan_compton Feb 9, 2024 View on HN

Excuse my plain language, but it is dumb to baldly assert that all philosophy is pontificating.

bluetomcat Aug 14, 2023 View on HN

The anti-philosophy philosopher who claims that other philosophers don't understand language :-)

oldstrangers Jun 7, 2023 View on HN

A philosopher's perspective but still interesting nonetheless.

cardoni Mar 14, 2021 View on HN

Stating "there is no way to refute or evaluate philosophy" while then going on to do the same seems incongruent.

mhh__ Jan 12, 2021 View on HN

That's sounds like philosophy, I'm out!

mattmanser Jul 18, 2015 View on HN

Obligatory pg essay link: http://www.paulgraham.com/philosophy.htmlDescribes in greater detail the exact problem with philosophy you are lamenting!

pizza Jan 31, 2017 View on HN

https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/1aqh31/is_acade...