Psuedophilosophy

[Paul Hjul]

Pseudophilosophy encourages confused, self-indulgent thinking | Psyche Ideas

Pseudophilosophy can result from simple misunderstanding or wilful obscurity. The cure is basic critical thinking skills

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Interesting read. I think the author errs a little in his characterization of Faucault and I don't think he gives enough attention to bullshit (as described by Frankfurt) but the charlatan point is intriguing.

I'd say a person needs to have basic faculties to participate in any discussion and not be a total fucking moron, but I fear the fallacy of equating insult with reductio ad hominem would be committed.

 

[dabean]

 

[Sinbad]

Your spelling sucks

 

[biometrics]

Your spelling sucks

What's wrong with "goad"?

 

[Sinbad]

What's wrong with "goad"?

His spelling of "pseudophilosophy" goads my goat

 

[Paul Hjul]

My spelling or the author of the articles?

 

[Sinbad]

My spelling or the author of the articles?

The thread title
Didn't read any further

 

[LD50]

Oh....my...gud!!

 

[rambo919]

Such nice people

 

[Paul Hjul]

Such nice people

You are less likely to be treated like a total fucking moron if you at least tried to make a contribution to a discussion. Or if you are going to make a distraction at least let it be amusing or in someway clever.

 

[rambo919]

You are less likely to be treated like a total fucking moron if you at least tried to make a contribution to a discussion. Or if you are going to make a distraction at least let it be amusing or in someway clever.

You need better weed dude.

 

[Jings]

We need a counter master debater like Arthur for Paul Hjul. As much as it's funny to watch cheap ink Bic pens at a fountain pen fight, a quality debate is intellectually entertaining.

 

[Paul Hjul]

its not hard to find masterdebaters (the spelling looks wrong)

I always enjoyed discussions with Arthur and I am afraid the art of rhetoric isn't as highly prized as it once was. Somewhat on the point though, in the same was as there is pseudo-science and pseudo-epistemology there is an unfortunate trend towards pseudo-rhetoric that really plagues the ability to have a good and entertaining debate.