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What is the point of Analytic Philosophy?

>> No.6584728

Truth

>> No.6584730

>>6584709

What is the point of asking, "What is the point of Analytic Philosophy?"?

>> No.6584736

>>6584709

To study philosophical matters in a systematic way.

>> No.6584739

>>6584730
What is the point of asking, "What is the point of asking, "What is the point of Analytic Philosophy?"?"

>> No.6584742

you know how /r9k/ and /pol/ are containment boards to keep idiots and autists out of the more serious boards? analytic philosophy is like a containment field to keep the autistic people out of real philosophy.

>> No.6584747

>>6584742

>implying continental philosophy is real philosophy and not just bad literary criticism

>> No.6584748

>>6584742

>continental philosophy
>real philosophy

*rolls eyes*

>> No.6584754

>>6584730
The question "what is the point of analytic philosophy?" does not serve any function but to express the speaker's attitudes towards analytic philosophy. And so it is a meaningless question

>> No.6584762

>>6584754

Should we just pass over it then?

>> No.6584774
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6584774

>>6584747
>>6584748
Oops it seems I accidentally triggered two of them. We'll have to repeat simplistic buzzwords to calm them down before they sperg out and hurt themselves

Falsifiable! Practicality! Falsifiable! Practicality! Here look at your God and let his visage sooth your troubled mind.

>> No.6584780

>>6584747

this is unfalsifiable

>>6584748

this is dogma

>> No.6584782

>>6584774
I like your style nigga.

>> No.6584786

>>6584780

this is you

>> No.6584787
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6584787

>>6584709

>What is the point of Philosophy?

ftfy

>> No.6584845

to explain things under a certain system of thinking.

So its useful if you believe in that system I guess.

>> No.6584924

>>6584786
best rekt 2015

>> No.6584972

I HATE HAVING TO READ ALL THAT PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY, MAN SHIT SUCKS

WHAT IF I COULD LAZILY DISMISS THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY IN ONE FALLACIOUS STROKE? MAYBE I COULD USE NUMBERS OR SOMETHING.

>> No.6585011

It's the fallout from a scientifically advanced and literate world. You can no longer be ignorant of what the scientific community has found and still make claims about the mind, metaphysics or knowledge. That's the kind of redundant crap continentals do.

For the field itself the point is that most philosophical problems are problems of language. Once you fix that you can then just let science come in and answer everything.

>> No.6585179

>>6585011
This is a good answer, and it's no wonder there have been crickets afterwards. I think people would rather think in memes than have to understand what analytic philosophy was actually trying to do

>> No.6585202

>>6585011
logical positivism died friend

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6585205

>>6585011
>>6585179

>> No.6585233

>>6585205
Sam Harris has nothing to do with this. Only proving >>6585179 point even further

>> No.6585238

Bunch of people with math and phil degrees trying to turn the two into the same thing

>> No.6585249

>>6584709
well, it's... huh.

>> No.6585256

>>6584972
this honestly

>> No.6585260

>>6584787
The point of philosophy is originally in the conduct of one's life, community, politics, etc... This disappeared with Descartes, reappeared with Kant, and continued in continental philosophy.

>> No.6585297

>>6585202

This is, kind of, true and the idea that you can fix language and fix philosophy isn't held the same way but underpinning analytic philosophy is still the effort to unpick philosophical problems in a logical manner like you might approach science.

Applying the term analytic philosophy to contemporary American-British philosophy is actually not that accurate. But what it is, is clearly the evolution of logical positivism and not a complete rejection of its spirit.

>> No.6585513

>>6584782
>>6584786
samefag

>> No.6585545

>>6584774
>why don't we test every falsifiable proposition? :D

>> No.6585559

>>6584739

What is the point of asking, "What is the point of asking, "What is the point of asking, "What is the point of Analytic Philosophy?"?"?"

>> No.6585566

>>6585260
>the conduct of one's life
>This disappeared with Descartes

You haven't read Descartes. Actually, I dobt you can even read. You probably pay a Nigerian man five dollars a day to shitpost for you on 4chan.

>> No.6586029

>>6585559
What is the point of asking, "What is the point of asking, "What is the point of asking, "What is the point of asking, "What is the point of Analytic Philosophy?"?"?"?"

>> No.6586405
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6586405

>>6584709
Most likely whatever the specific individual makes of it.

For me, it is the same reason I enjoy Plato's Socratic dialogues. To focus on the words and try to define them is very illuminating in quite a lot of philosophical problems. Analytic follows this tradition by focusing on words that seem to cause problems more than others. For example, the word 'necessity'. If someone were able to figure out something important about this word that was unrecognized before, it would have very important implications.

To follow this tradition helps in numerous ways.

All that being said, people who get angry about analytic philosophy are strange to me. They focus on language just like the continentals. There is no reason whatsoever to not consider both worthwhile.