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Originally Posted by yaaarrrgg I've heard that lawyers themselves try to exclude philosophy majors from juries, since they have formal training and might sway the entire jury. |
That is one use. (Although that might only prove them useful as spindoctors
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Originally Posted by Charbucks One of our readings in one class (albeit a first year course) was Nagel's "What is it like to be a Bat?". I found it to be very verbose, and basically he was saying over and over again "I can imagine what it's like to be a person in a bat's body, but I can never know what it's like for a bat to be a bat". Okay, fine. It's good that you recognize different subjective viewpoints. But come on, this is someone's famous career-making project? I just don't see how that compares to, say, discovering the structure of DNA. |
I agree, philosophy tends to way often be woolly bullshit. Honestly, that deserves sharp criticism.
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Originally Posted by papasmurf Practical as in:- actual use, not theoretical. |
Practical for what purpose? What actual use? Even if you want sex, drugs and rock-and-roll, is that not a philosophy?
So i guess i missed one in my previous post, philosophy thinks about the goal.