I loved and hate philosophy in equal measure; love it for its sustained engagement with abstract concepts and universal arguments and hate it for its parochialism. How can something be universal and parochial at the same time? I too am mystified by the contradiction, but it’s a fact; the parochialism is only increasing. When I think about it, it’s not surprising at all:
2018 Newsletter 15: Epistrons
2018 Newsletter 15: Epistrons
2018 Newsletter 15: Epistrons
I loved and hate philosophy in equal measure; love it for its sustained engagement with abstract concepts and universal arguments and hate it for its parochialism. How can something be universal and parochial at the same time? I too am mystified by the contradiction, but it’s a fact; the parochialism is only increasing. When I think about it, it’s not surprising at all: