I like some kinds of reductionism, so I used the qualifier "painful". I just don't see the use in the idea - where it adds any information to our understanding, or makes any novel categorization or classification, or even just as a fun concept to toy around with. That's probably my own shortcoming, but also maybe there's a reason Stirner isn't taken very seriously in academia.
I like some kinds of reductionism, so I used the qualifier "painful". I just don't see the use in the idea - where it adds any information to our understanding, or makes any novel categorization or classification, or even just as a fun concept to toy around with. That's probably my own shortcoming, but also maybe there's a reason Stirner isn't taken very seriously in academia.
Philosophy is the most fun you can have being frustrated and I wish it was easier to have discussions about it over message boards.