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Teach me philosophy, /lit/.

>> No.5186643

There are 3 main types of philosophy:
-making up impossible utopias (Kant, Plato)
-wondering about whether philosophy is valid at all while shitting on your colleagues (Nietzsche, Chomsky)
-convincing people you aren't a mentally ill homeless man but in fact a genius (Diogenes, Zizek)

>> No.5186652

>>5186643
Thank you for this post.

>> No.5186662

>u cant know nuthin
>u cant know nutin
>allegory of the cave
>u canot knowe nuthin

>> No.5186683

>>5186662
Can I know I can't know nuthin?

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>>5186643
>convincing people you aren't a mentally ill homeless man but in fact a genius

>> No.5186721

>>5186683
I know that you can't.

>> No.5186732

>>5186643
this person likely doesn't know anything about philosophy, not simply based on the idiotic generalisation but the specific names posted

>> No.5186738

>>5186732
don't bother to tell us more specifically, we prefer if you just vaguely shit on him for reasons that may or may not be valid

>> No.5186761

>>5186732
I did college-level philosophy.

>> No.5186773

What kind of philosopher should I look into for the philosophy of small things (like human emotions, relationships, our daily experiences and frustrations etc)? All that grand scale metaphysical shit seems utterly pointless to me

>> No.5186857

>>5186773
Alan Watts

>> No.5186878

>>5186643
>-making up impossible utopias (Kant, Plato)
this is philosophy
>-wondering about whether philosophy is valid at all while shitting on your colleagues (Nietzsche, Chomsky)
this is anti-philosophy
>-convincing people you aren't a mentally ill homeless man but in fact a genius (Diogenes, Zizek)
this is "critical theory" -- which i'm not saying is invalid, but is home to the nuttiest-sounding people who have ever not been actually insane

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5186892

Only our feels are real.

Everything is about for debate.

>> No.5186901

>>5186892
How can feels be real if gfs aren't real

>> No.5186902

>>5186892
Including grammar?

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>>5186643

>> No.5186917

Is all philosophy useless, /lit/?
We use language to exchange our thoughts, but who's to say that language is even capable of describing the reality as it is truly?

>> No.5186923

>>5186917
Your question is philosophical.

Now. Please define "truly" in this context.

>> No.5186937

>>5186917
Does language describe reality or does reality describe language? Or is description real language? Or describe does language reality? Real description or language does? ? description does or language real

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>>5186917
yes. I won't explain why because that would be philosophy.

>> No.5187032

>>5186988
So it has a use in explaining why you think it's useless? Then philosophy cannot be useless

>> No.5187047

>>5186773
>All that grand scale metaphysical shit seems utterly pointless to me
it does so because you are a fucking idiot. Go read shit self-help books, that's what you want.

>> No.5187048

>>5187032
explaining the lack of explanation was also philosophy

>> No.5187071

>>5187048
So then we can conclude philosophy is most certainly not useless

>> No.5187322

>>5186643
>-convincing people you aren't a mentally ill homeless man but in fact a genius (Diogenes, Zizek)

Diogenes is based. I mean, yes, he was an insane homeless dude, but he was based nonetheless.

>> No.5187353

>>5186773
I think you might be more interested in psychology

>> No.5187424

>>5187071
assuming we listen to explanations

>> No.5187453

There are a number of dichotomies. They are the best place to start.

Idealism vs Materialism
Determinism vs Autonomism
Utilitarianism vs Deontology
Induction vs Deduction


Wiki all these words and read the full articles. Try to think about how the dichotomies connect to each other. Which conflicts are related?

Complete this assignment before this weekend is over. Then we can start doing the big names.

>> No.5187508

>>5187453
>big names

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