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Philosophy: What’s the Point? Part 2: Maybe It's a Martial Art — John Horgan (The Science Writer)

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Plato and Aristotle duking it out? No, this is an ancient Greek fresco depicting two young boxers. Source: Wikipedia. This is the second in a series of posts on philosophy. Ideally, you should read my first post before reading this one. But it’s your life, exercise your free will as you choose. Dining with my philosophy salon in mid-town Manhattan, I met an eminent philosopher, whom I’ll call Harry. He could not have been nicer. When I said I wasn’t a philosopher, only a journalist, Harry smiled warmly and said anyone interested in philosophy is a philosopher. After dinner, we retired to the salon leader’s apartment to chew on a paper. (As I recall, the paper was “Cognitive Homelessness,” in which Timothy Williamson argues that we can feel hot without knowing we are hot.) Harry underwent a transformation. When I ventured an opinion, he sternly rebuked me for my foolishness. I didn’t feel bad, because he treated his fellow philosophers just as harshly, challenging their reasoning and rh

Philosophy: What’s the Point? Part 2: Maybe It's a Martial Art Mar 20 Written By John Horgan Plato and Aristotle duking it out? No, this is an ancient Greek fresco depicting two young boxers. Source: Wikipedia . This is the second in a series of posts on philosophy. Ideally, you should read my first post before reading this one. But it’s your life, exercise your free will as you choose. Dining with my philosophy salon in mid-town Manhattan, I met an eminent philosopher, whom I’ll call Harry. He could not have been nicer. When I said I wasn’t a philosopher, only a journalist, Harry smiled warml

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