Difference between revisions of "Fallacies Of Philosophy"
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That's how I view most philosophical ideas such as truth, justice, good, evil, etc. While you can study the relationships between such ideas endlessly, as you can the relationships between the Chinese categories, you do not have much hope of getting to the root explanations, as we have in biology, because the unifying basis is not obvious in these far descended ideas. Starting with such ideas is a pretty clear [[wikipedia:Skyhook_(concept)#Skyhooks_and_cranes|skyhook]]. These ideas need to be explained from much simpler, preferably positivist ideas rooted in evolution, anthropology, game theory, etc. | That's how I view most philosophical ideas such as truth, justice, good, evil, etc. While you can study the relationships between such ideas endlessly, as you can the relationships between the Chinese categories, you do not have much hope of getting to the root explanations, as we have in biology, because the unifying basis is not obvious in these far descended ideas. Starting with such ideas is a pretty clear [[wikipedia:Skyhook_(concept)#Skyhooks_and_cranes|skyhook]]. These ideas need to be explained from much simpler, preferably positivist ideas rooted in evolution, anthropology, game theory, etc. | ||
| − | The science of cladistics bases classifications on shared, derived characteristics. Philosophers | + | The science of cladistics bases classifications on shared, derived characteristics. Philosophers seldom even get to a simple Venn Diagram. |
=== Glittering Generalities Of Propaganda === | === Glittering Generalities Of Propaganda === | ||
