Difference between revisions of "Fallacies Of Philosophy"
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"Philosophy, take it by and large, has in fact been simply the anthropocentrism of the educated and intelligent, as religion is the anthropocentrism of the others." David Stove | "Philosophy, take it by and large, has in fact been simply the anthropocentrism of the educated and intelligent, as religion is the anthropocentrism of the others." David Stove | ||
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| + | === Philosophers frequently rely on illogic. === | ||
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| + | The most famous is [[David Hume]]'s identification of the "is-ought problem". Philosophers routinely start with a statement of what "is", but then somehow illogically leap to what "ought". | ||
=== Assumptions that do not match reality. === | === Assumptions that do not match reality. === | ||
