Posted: Jan 17, 2017 2:45 pm
archibald wrote:Cito di Pense wrote:Circular. Shell game. Completely ignores what VazScep was saying.
I would disagree, but hey cito, rather than me saying stuff and you picking holes, why don't you come up with something yourself. I'll listen. Really I will. After a while, your incessant carping about what others write becomes uninteresting to read. See: limitations of commentary.
All I'm pointing out is that if you think philosophy is worth bothering with, then that's what you think. I bother with it whether or not it's worth bothering with, and interactions like this one convince me that my position is arrived at empirically.
The noise is about the word 'worth'. It's about values amd arguing about values is politics. Me, I'm out of politics.
Tons and tons of people don't think science and maths are worth bothering with, but there's always a shadow of a doubt that they feel that way because science and maths are fucking difficult. Writing opinions and commentary isn't.