aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoThe only valid criticism of Marx as a philosopher must be that he was too involved in human affairslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10
arrow-up159arrow-down1imageThe only valid criticism of Marx as a philosopher must be that he was too involved in human affairslemmy.dbzer0.comaldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareAlaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoModern western philosophy is glorified art critics but with tenure
minus-squareAssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 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.
minus-squareDamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months ago That and critiquing movies you haven’t seen like Zizek. Does that mean youtubers are the modern day philosophers? 🤔
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? 🤔