aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com to chapotraphouse • 8 months agoThe only valid criticism of Marx as a philosopher must be that he was too involved in human affairsimagemessage-square32 fedilinkarrow-up159
arrow-up159imageThe only valid criticism of Marx as a philosopher must be that he was too involved in human affairsaldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com to chapotraphouse • 8 months agomessage-square32 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareAlaskaball [comrade/them]Ahexbear17·8 months agoModern western philosophy is glorified art critics but with tenure link
minus-squareAssortedBiscuits [they/them]hexbear17·8 months agoApparently, this is Bertrand Russell, so it makes a lot more sense. I guess philosophers are supposed to only concern themselves with formal logic and writing three volume works to prove 1+1=2. That and critiquing movies you haven't seen like Zizek. link
minus-squareDamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mlhexbear7·8 months ago That and critiquing movies you haven’t seen like Zizek. Does that mean youtubers are the modern day philosophers? 🤔 linkfedilink
Modern western philosophy is glorified art critics but with tenure
Apparently, this is Bertrand Russell, so it makes a lot more sense. I guess philosophers are supposed to only concern themselves with formal logic and writing three volume works to prove 1+1=2. That and critiquing movies you haven't seen like Zizek.
Does that mean youtubers are the modern day philosophers? 🤔