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Is philosophy, particularly of the metaphysical sort, meaningful or useful? For example, how can Idealism or Dialectics be applied in a meaningful manner?

How would you respond to someone who is skeptical of the usefulness or realistic application of thought such as Kant? or Heidegger? Is it really just a bunch of mental circle-jerk mumbo-jumbo?

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Hello? Is anyone there?

>> No.8834283

>>8834145
cognitively meaningful? no; any other type of meaning? sure

>> No.8834311

Metaphysics is the first philosophy, the basis of all other philosophical and scientific inquiry.
If you don't understand metaphysics, you don't know what the assumptions and basis for any of your thoughts are.
Metaphysics are explanations and interpretations of the world around us.

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>>8834145
>meaning

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>was a dialectically synthetic model of nature and of history made to be a model of nature and of history
>is the search for meaning meaningful
>does philosophy agree with my philosophy
Why, the benefits are realistic and practical and immediate.

>> No.8834407

>>8834145
What is the good life? - Ethics

How can we know the good life? - Epistemology

Is the 'good life' objective? - Meta-ethics

Is the world such that objective objects can even exist, and if so what is it like? - Metaphysics

etc.

>Dialectics be applied in a meaningful manner?

A lot of the political elite are Hegelians, and use its concepts to influence and change the world. For us plebs, we can only use it for analysis and perhaps a counteroffensive praxis.

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>>8834145
>bunch of mental circle-jerk mumbo-jumbo

sounds like something an aging new york dad would say when explaining something he does not understand

>> No.8834583

>>8834145
>useful?
There's your problem. Re-think what you mean by this and you'll have your answer.