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18952926 No.18952926 [Reply] [Original]

Has there ever been an Australian philosopher? I don't mean strictly in the national sense, but an Australian philosopher in the spiritual sense.

>> No.18953057
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>>18952926
Yes, Michel Foucault
His ultra-masculinity was a homosexual farce, obsessed with criminality and insanity. A pedophile, as well. Dead ringer for the Midnight Oil guy.

>> No.18953230

>>18952926
JL Mackie

>> No.18953516

>>18952926
Edward Abbey

>> No.18953765

>>18952926

D.M Armstrong is one of the most significant analytic philosophers but hes not representative of an inherent Australian spirit.

>> No.18953869

>>18952926
David Hume comes close.

>> No.18953896

i would say Graham Priest, but googling says he's actually british

>> No.18953908

>>18953869
Skeptic, small-souled, purposeless. The Australian worldview desu.

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>>18952926
David Chalmers. I believe he is what Australians call a "bogan".

>> No.18954157

>>18952926
Socrates would make a great aussie shitposter.

>> No.18954209

>>18954147
Aussie Uncle Ted

>> No.18954215

Jarryd Strafford

>> No.18954551

>>18952926
Me, unironically.

>> No.18954564

Peter Singer, helloooooo!

>> No.18954591

David Stove