#empty ideas

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4 Reasons This Indie "Social" Media Site is Worth Checking Out

4 Reasons This Indie “Social” Media Site is Worth Checking Out

4 Reasons This Indie “Social” Media Site is Worth Checking Out.

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Philosophy: you either get it or you don't. The field has its passionate defenders, but according to its critics, philosophy is irrelevant, unproductive, and right at the height of the ivory towers. And now, the philosophy-bashing camp can count a proud defector from the other side: Peter Unger, Professor of Philosophy at New York University, has come out against the field in his latest book, Empty Ideas: A Critique of Analytic Philosophy.

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Analytic Philosophy a "fruitless, self-deluding endeavor" says Peter Unger

In a recent interview with 3QuarksDaily, Peter Unger basically denounces the majority of mainstream analytic philosophy as empty of any meaningful content - nothing more than a specialist form of literature, really - enjoyable for certain people in the same way that chess, or logic puzzles, or bridge are enjoyable:

Philosophers easily get the idea that somehow or other, just by considering things…

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What makes a Philosopher When I showed my dad the book, Empty Ideas: A Critique of Analytic Philosophy, my dad picked it up to read right away because, “I like analytic philosophy.” Whatever branch of knowledge a philosopher might study, from analytic to continental, from Eastern to Western, purposefully seeking arguments against your views is one sure indicator of a philosophical temperament.

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Bionicle Tabletop RPG

Just a random thought I had. I think the Bionicle concept would work quite well with a DnD type format. Thoughts?