Posted: Jan 17, 2017 2:06 pm
archibald wrote:Fallible wrote:And is necessity the criterion upon which to judge something's right to exist?
A very good philosophical question. Unamenable to science, pretty much, I think. As such, possibly only of limited interest to the nerds in here. Sort of like how realistic human drama is possibly only of limited interest to those in the film thread.
Good or not, the question seems backwards. Here existence of (philosophy) is being used to assess its needfulness. We have no trouble admitting that philosophy exists. Focusing on its necessity only puts a nice shine on the existing so-collectible knick-knack.