aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agoThe only valid criticism of Marx as a philosopher must be that he was too involved in human affairslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareAlaskaball [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoModern western philosophy is glorified art critics but with tenure
minus-squareAssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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? 🤔