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3594058 No.3594058 [Reply] [Original]

should /lit/ be abolished in favor of /phil/

>> No.3594060

>Getting rid of literature discussion to have an existential crisis board.

Get out.

>> No.3594061

No. The demand for literature and books on 4chan is far greater than the demand for philosophy. That being said, a philosophy board would be nice.

>> No.3594065

As someone who is only starting to get into philosophy, no. I came here loving fiction. Now I'm starting to become a better thinker thanks to the stuff I've been introduced to on /lit/. I want the two communities to stay intertwined.

>> No.3594095

Shit makes no sense.

>> No.3594100

Yes. all this board does is talk about Michel Fuckalt

>> No.3594117

No, but a philosophy board would be nice. I'd also like if Moot made a board for creative writing. Though, it might not be such a good idea once cretins from other boards find it and fill it with their fanfictions.

>> No.3594118

>>3594117
it'll just end up being perverted /mlp/ stories

>> No.3594119

I just want italics

>> No.3594127

>>3594119
This.

Only to stop that one guy who underscores_fucking_everything.

>> No.3594130
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3594130

Philosophy is literature.

>> No.3594131

>>3594118
>implying this proposed board wouldn't be filled entirely with amateurs writing the worst shit imaginable and begging for praise

>> No.3594139

>>3594131
Correctomundo. Let's keep it purely /lit/, these creative writing threads. Though a cynic will no doubt suggest otherwise I'm pretty impressed with /lit/'s collective writing skills.

>> No.3594145

>>3594140
That post made no sense.

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>>3594140
>Its not this board reads books

>> No.3594148

It's a 'humanities' board really.

>> No.3594149

>>3594140
>try and slag /lit/
>fail to write a coherent sentence
>delete the post out of shame

ya dun goofed

>> No.3594150

maybe instead of an entire board for /phil/ we could just make a thread called /phil/ on /lit/ like /soc/ does with it's camwhore threads (/sma/ etc.)

would that content the greater minds?

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>>3594119
>I just want italics
Those tags work in the archive.

>> No.3594155

>>3594145

Indeed, that was a shameful display. Let me try again.

It's not like this board reads books anyway. Posters prefer to make threads about their existential dread or the first "witty" thing to pop into the mind.

A philosophy board all of that precious content away and /lit/ would die. It's like taking the NEET threads and ironic shitposting out of /jp/.

>> No.3594159

>>3594155
that's better; but wtf were you thinking when you wrote your first post?

>> No.3594163

Only a few people her actually read proper philosophy. There wouldn't be many good posts on a /phil/ board.

>> No.3594162

>>3594155
>A philosophy board all of that precious content away

Just stop attempting to construct sentences.

>> No.3594165

>implying /lit/ reads any philosophy that isn't continental buttfuckery

>> No.3594166

I would like to see a /phil/ board, so that there'd be less emo shitposting on /lit/. Also, is /q/ happening?

>> No.3594167

>>3594163
Incorrect. Many, many people on /lit/ read Plato, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Derrida, Aristotle and I've even seen people debating the offshoot schools of Socrates such as the Cyrenaics. And then you have the guys who are into modern dudes like Harris and Zizek. /lit/ knows its stuff on philosophy. I find this board the most amicable one out there so there really isn't a need to needle it.

>> No.3594176

>>3594159

Nothing. I have a habit about not typing out everything I intend to, and not proofreading before posting.

*A philosophy board [would take] all of that precious content away

And it would be terrible for people who want to discuss philosophy on /phil/, as it would attract less serious posters.

>> No.3594183

>>3594176
Ah, finally. A grammatically competent post. And you are right on your last point. As with any new board, there would be an influx of shitposters interested in the novelty of a new board. There wouldn't be the traffic or the userbase to justify creating a philosophy board outside of lit.

>> No.3594191

>>3594119
This, so much.

>> No.3594190

>>3594183
>wouldn't be the traffic or the userbase to justify creating a philosophy board outside of lit.

hence

>>3594150

>> No.3594194

>>3594190
Pretty much

>> No.3594196

>>3594190
Ehh.. lit is such a slow board that people throwing up the odd thread on Hume, Kant or something in a passage of Plato really isn't bothersome. Hell the timespread for the first page is like 5 hours, more threads are fine. We don't need to confine all philosophy to one thread because there isn't a need for more threads to have space on the front page.

>> No.3594201

I propose /litphi/ - Literature & Philosophy

>> No.3594203

>>3594196

it's not about confining all of it to one place

it's about having a central thread where you can discuss general philosophy and get into arguments and discussions with people without needing to chance upon a thread

you can still create threads for your discussions, it's not like you're confined to the /phil/ thread

>> No.3594207

>>3594203
Oh, I misread your intention then. That sounds fine although I never find myself far from a philosophy thread anyway.

>> No.3594208

>>3594201
Would that mean erasing /lit/ altogether then?
I propose /kq/ - Weapons and History
Shit like war history- that could be interesting

>> No.3594209

>>3594201

see >>3594130

>> No.3594218

>>3594208
i wish there was a general history board!

i love history, so much fun to learn

>> No.3594223

>>3594167

>Harris
>Zizek
>Derrida
>"/lit/ knows its stuff on philosophy"

laughingsearle.jpg

>> No.3594221

>>3594208
I'm not sure we need a bunch of rednecks with rifles who think they understand Sun Tzu.

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>>3594223
C'mon now, you can laugh at Harris (please do), but the other two are worth talking about.

>> No.3594231

>>3594167
>Harris

Are you TRying to embarrass yourself?

>> No.3594236

>>3594209
Philosophy is a though process.

>> No.3594238

>>3594223
Harris is a fool but Zizek is one of the best modern philosophers about. Only a dilettante would deny that.

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>>3594236
wat

>> No.3594258

>>3594249
>freethinkers
>because religus ppl are sheeple!!! xD

What a load

>> No.3594261

>>3594258
Are you religious?

>> No.3594262

>>3594065
agreed

>> No.3594264

>>3594249
>>3594258
>>3594261

please don't start this shitposting in this thread

>>3594236
huwat?

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>>3594264
>please don't start this shitposting in this thread
>same response to >>3594236 as me

>> No.3594267

I think things are fine as they are.

Only change I would make is to get a less strict janitor, seems to ban people and delete threads on a whim.

>> No.3594272

>>3594266
i was referring to your pic which was about to spawn a religious debate

>>3594267
i didn't know janitors could ban people

>> No.3594298

>>3594238
>implying zizek is capable of communicating without bullshit flying everywhere

>> No.3594362

shitheads like Harris aren't really /phil/ related. such content is more adequate for /pol/.

plus, /phil/ board is unnecessary; image all the plebs flocking from /b/ - disgusting, man

>> No.3594365

>>3594298
Not bullshit, just spittle

>> No.3594372

>>3594267
Janitors can't ban people, but if anything we need strict mods and a few more. It hasn't been a huge problem lately but /pol/ is ripe for a new raid on us.

>> No.3594383

>>3594236
O I meant to say thought process, lel. Philosophy differs from just being literature in that phi. is fundamentally a set of thoughts which lead to some conclusion. How you express these thoughts can be done through multiple modes (charts/visual representation, art, speech, written form, etc.).

>> No.3594387

>>3594058
no

>> No.3594392

Nah. This board just needs a name change to /lit/ - 'Literature and Philosophy being discussed by 18-23 year old men pretending to be 40 year old men'. Snappy

>> No.3594395

>>3594392
Who pretends to be old here?

>> No.3594427

>>3594395

He's insinuating that any attempt to take life seriously entails a pretension to age and importance.

>> No.3594444

>>3594427
Don't see anything wrong with taking life seriously.

>> No.3594454

>>3594392

I support this.

>> No.3594502

Man this board is getting worse and by the day now. You guys wallow so much in your own smugness that no longer can stand that philosophy being argued outside the confines of lit. Simply because they are plebs... And don't have the knowledge. Philosophy 101,ideas needs to be constantly challenged. This board is so full of self confidence and sameness to the point that it's actually bad for the culture . Congratulations you have officially become /mu/ now.

You don't belong to a certain culture. This board isn't more intellectual. People in here don't think like you. On this board we post about literature. God when this place started it was filled with fantasy and sci - fi, now those threads are deliberately scorned upon. Then you have existential crisis threads, philosophical circle - jerks, I'm a liberal feel good threads, and as of late alt-lit praises. However any attempt at actual discussion be it Tar, writing critique, trying to understand a book (lol author dead, more precise questions (lol homework), those are instantly shot down.

You should all be fucking ashamed of yourselves

>> No.3594509

>>3594502
Excuse me dickcheese but I'm the main starter and critiquer in all writing critique threads

>> No.3594564

Yes, with two subforums. /anal/ /cont/.

>> No.3594571

>>3594119
How about you use the English language instead of bbcode to convey meaning?

>> No.3594586

>>3594502
no u

>> No.3594672

>>3594502
Philosophy is a topic of increasing interest on 4chan and there is no definite board on which to post it. So, as a result, people looking to discuss philosophy who are from any board, come to /lit/ because it is the closest to /phil/. As the quantity of phil. posts grows, new members take it as a place acceptable to discuss that topic and perpetuate the system.

>> No.3594697

god please no /phil/
front page:
>ayn rand, best philosopher or best philosopher?
>anarcho capitalism is the only system that exists
>postmodernism is poo poo doggy doo
>the problem with blacks, is it because they're aliens?
>guys i am 43 and having my first existential crisis pls recommend me some literature
>I want to get into philosophy but where do I start?

>> No.3594703

>>3594697
One day /phil/ will be created and that shit will vanish from /lit/ forever.

>> No.3594710

>>3594703
so a containment sort of thing
as long as we can still have philosophy discussions here then I don't mind

>> No.3594716

>>3594710
>as long as we can still have philosophy discussions here then I don't mind

Yes, you can have philosophy discussions as long as it's related to literature. We just need to weed out the existential crisis, objective morality, continental vs analytic, STEM so dumb shit that has dwarfed literature discussion.