Is pop philosophy going to be the next pop science?
Is pop philosophy going to be the next pop science?
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Why not both
if theres one thing we really dont need in this world its more alain de bottons and stefan molyneuxs
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pls no
Has anybody here read UBP?
Is it good for a laugh?
Isn't it UPB - Universally Preferred Behavior?
I've read summaries of it, and it seems like the kind of system that only takes one enterprising individual to break it completely apart.
It's literally just deontology with a new name.
"I might have been arguing in my spare time..."
So is he a cult leader or what?
Yeah my mistake.
I've read some pretty scathing reviews of it.
So another thing stefan has stolen?
>So another thing stefan has stolen?
Pretty much, though, at this point there's very few philosophers who can say anything revolutionary about ethics at all tbqh.
But how many philosophers claim it is going to completely revolutionalise the field?
There is literally nothing wrong with Alain
is that john cleese?
yes and hes with Micheal palin
there's already pop atheism
if it combats scientism and maybe gets more people reading, fuck it I'm in. As long as they leave phenomenology alone i'm fine. After the new ontology is formed we wont need pop anything.
gross
Yes.
>if it combats scientism
Nobody cares about philosophy; save for philosophers. And philosophers are useless.
the girl or statement
wut
>As long as they leave phenomenology alone i'm fine.
I'm afraid you're already 40 years too late on that one.
Well it hasn't had too much of an impact on "vanilla" philosophy so I guess that's ok. Plus that snippet was great at simplifying a great concept.