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06-27-2005, 08:33 PM
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Re: Stop trying to point out contradictions in religion!
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[ QUOTE ] Religion is a subset of Philosophy at the very least. [/ QUOTE ] How do you figure? "Theology" is not an academic field. Religion has traditionally been called philosophy, but erroneously. Real philosophy does not concern itself with meaningless metaphysical topics. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, but this forum says nothing about "Real" philosophy, which is my point. All the religious stuff has to be dumped into here. Either that, or the people who post about it should be burned at the stake. 
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06-27-2005, 08:36 PM
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Re: Stop trying to point out contradictions in religion!
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] This is a Science, Math, and Philosophy forum. Religion has no literal relation to any of the three. [/ QUOTE ] Religion has a huge role in Philosophy. Your statement is ludicrous. [/ QUOTE ] Religion has no role in analytical philosophy; I imagine that is what the OP intended. [/ QUOTE ] Yes. Many things are called philosophy. Most of them are nonsense. [/ QUOTE ] Enlighten me as to what is philosophy. I have a BA in philosophy and want to make sure my degree is at least relevent in its own field. [/ QUOTE ] Like Prevaricator said, analytic philosophy is real philosophy. [/ QUOTE ] Such as? Does epistemology count for anything. Was Kant a complete waste of time?
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#14
06-27-2005, 08:46 PM
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Re: Stop trying to point out contradictions in religion!
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Religion has no role in analytical philosophy; [/ QUOTE ] That was me and I did mean to imply that the only real philosophy is analytic philosophy.
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06-27-2005, 08:48 PM
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Re: Stop trying to point out contradictions in religion!
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] This is a Science, Math, and Philosophy forum. Religion has no literal relation to any of the three. [/ QUOTE ] Religion has a huge role in Philosophy. Your statement is ludicrous. [/ QUOTE ] Religion has no role in analytical philosophy; I imagine that is what the OP intended. [/ QUOTE ] Yes. Many things are called philosophy. Most of them are nonsense. [/ QUOTE ] Enlighten me as to what is philosophy. I have a BA in philosophy and want to make sure my degree is at least relevent in its own field. [/ QUOTE ] Like Prevaricator said, analytic philosophy is real philosophy. [/ QUOTE ] Such as? Does epistemology count for anything. Was Kant a complete waste of time? [/ QUOTE ] Epistemology is a large part of analytic philosophy. Some of what Kant did is meaningful philosophy. Like most people who we call philosophers, some of what he did was not.
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#16
06-27-2005, 08:55 PM
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Re: Stop trying to point out contradictions in religion!
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] This is a Science, Math, and Philosophy forum. Religion has no literal relation to any of the three. [/ QUOTE ] Religion has a huge role in Philosophy. Your statement is ludicrous. [/ QUOTE ] Religion has no role in analytical philosophy; I imagine that is what the OP intended. [/ QUOTE ] Yes. Many things are called philosophy. Most of them are nonsense. [/ QUOTE ] Enlighten me as to what is philosophy. I have a BA in philosophy and want to make sure my degree is at least relevent in its own field. [/ QUOTE ] Like Prevaricator said, analytic philosophy is real philosophy. [/ QUOTE ] Such as? Does epistemology count for anything. Was Kant a complete waste of time? [/ QUOTE ] Epistemology is a large part of analytic philosophy. Some of what Kant did is meaningful philosophy. Like most people who we call philosophers, some of what he did was not. [/ QUOTE ] What about Nietzsche, Hume, Heidegger (yuck), or Hegel (barf). Actually, I have my degree from a very analytical school, UW-Madison, and I'm always curious what other people consider to be analytical philosophy.
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#17
06-27-2005, 08:59 PM
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Re: Stop trying to point out contradictions in religion!
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Such as? Does epistemology count for anything. Was Kant a complete waste of time? [/ QUOTE ] Epistemology is studied in analytic philosophy. Read G.E. Moore's wonderful "Proof of an External World" among many of his other articles for a great peek at the world of epistemology and analytic philosophy.
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#18
06-27-2005, 09:24 PM
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Re: Stop trying to point out contradictions in religion!
So there are lots of philosophy snobs here. Got it. Doesnt mean religion isnt a legitimate topic. His post couldve substituted any number of "proper" philosophical topics in the part where he was talking about people not changing their minds.
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#19
06-27-2005, 09:28 PM
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Re: Stop trying to point out contradictions in religion!
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Just stop. This is a Science, Math, and Philosophy forum. Religion has no literal relation to any of the three. And also, pointing out that the Earth seems to be much older than the Bible says, or pointing out that it makes no sense to pray to a perfect God is not going to convince any theists to abandon their metaphysical beliefs. That is all. [/ QUOTE ] religion posts are one of the main reason this forum was created. you are correct to say that religion does not directly relate to the topic heads, but are you really going to be that picky?
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#20
06-27-2005, 09:31 PM
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Re: Stop trying to point out contradictions in religion!
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So there are lots of philosophy snobs here. Got it. Doesnt mean religion isnt a legitimate topic. His post couldve substituted any number of "proper" philosophical topics in the part where he was talking about people not changing their minds. [/ QUOTE ] You're an idiot.
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