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No, philosophy is not love of wisdom. It's not enough. Religion and New Age movements love wisdom, but ultimately produce only shit. Philosophy is love of systemized thinking. Chuckle, if Philosophy loves systemized thinking there is no evidence philosophers have slept with her. If that were the ca...

Uwot, Perhaps if you were to demonstrate the systematic process by which you arrived at this conclusion, it could serve as a template for what you wish philosophers to do. The process of understanding how Logic is the relationship things and conditions have to the existence of each other requires fi...

Uwot, You make the propositional statement: Philosophers are good at l ogic . The simple fact that philosophers have never constructed a comprehensive definition of the concept Logic , that reveals its’ nature and how Logic is constructed, cast serious doubt on their ability to be good at Logic . Wh...

Uwot, The fact that thinkers, in the beginning, thought to understand the conditions that relate to the existence of both physical things and abstracts concepts were called philosophers is not the point. The point is; soon after these thinkers adapted a systematic method of thinking they were called...

Uwot, Read your last post, don’t you see a perfect example of using “platitudes”. Wiki: "A platitude is a trite, meaningless, or prosaic statement, generally directed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease. The word derives from plat, Frenchword for "flat." Platitudes are ...

Philosophy is one of the few remaining asylums where those enamored with their own words are not restricted by reality. Yes, it is still alive but barely. Its’ detractors now have the long knife of the internet and are incessantly carving away and killing it bit by bit. The days of unrealistic Philo...

“Understanding Forum participants”, I would say, is accomplishing the purpose for which it was started. The thread documents the total lack of consensus among those who identify with Philosophy and is a testament to Philosophy’s chaotic lack of realism. If Philosophy were grounded on comprehensive d...

The purpose of Philosophy, most beneficial to mankind, is understanding the nature of abstract concepts, i.e. Knowledge and Existence, thus, revealing the process of rational/systematic thinking. This argument explains how this happens: If a thing exists as itself and not some other thing, it must h...

Felasco, I agree, if statements presented/posted by participants are not supported by logical argument, when called for, the posted statements should be deleted. When Project Logic was active it would pay for propositional statements that advanced philosophical knowledge if supported by logical argu...

Chuckle, I am real, not even fraudish, my middle name is Kelly (Wayne Kelly Leggette Sr.) and Project Logic, and PL 2 and 3, were real and funded with real money. Unfortunately none was paid out because no participants on the 3 threads submitted propositional sentences, or answered questions that ev...

Doc, I will begin and maybe others will understand how advancing philosophical knowledge through collaboration and systematic reasoning works. First we have to decide on a subject to collaborate about, either a material/physical thing or a philosophical subject which can only be a non physical thing...

My experience from participating on Philosophy Forums over the last sixteen years makes it apparent that people who participate do so for one of two reasons. By far the majority do so with no thought of collaborating with other participates to advance philosophical knowledge, nor do they appear to h...

"Also, because it has a reputation for weirdness, quantum mechanics is used too much as a justification for things (Philosophy) that have nothing to do with quantum mechanics . There is an expression, "quantum woo," where people attempt to make Philosophy credible by somehow affixing ...

YehYeh, I agree with you completely. The misplaced credence given to the writings of philosophers, past and present, has been and is a great impediment to any effort to make "Philosophy" more logical. "Philosophy" is the propositional statements written by philosophers yet none o...

Wayne, The most condensed explanation is that philosophers have attempted to construct philosophical knowledge without understanding the nature of existence. Constructing knowledge in the philosophical area must begin with understanding the nature of existence to understand how knowledge is construc...