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Massimo Pigliucci made what I thought was the most succinct non-illustrated criticism of the title of the Brooks piece:
It apparently didn’t occur to Brooks that perhaps philosophy started out as a reaction to the then prevalent reliance on gut feelings in matters of ethics, and to the violence and injustice that it was bringing to the human lot.
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Massimo Pigliucci made what I thought was the most succinct non-illustrated criticism of the title of the Brooks piece:
It apparently didn’t occur to Brooks that perhaps philosophy started out as a reaction to the then prevalent reliance on gut feelings in matters of ethics, and to the violence and injustice that it was bringing to the human lot.
http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/rationally-speaking/200904/philosophy-never-ends
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That is an excellent reply.
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