Who's your favorite philosopher?

[Borachio]

Boo-hoo

Boo-hoo-hoo!

This is fun!


What does it mean?

 

[Leoreth]

You can insert these sounds in lieu of arguments. If it doesn't suffice, make a hee-larious meme picture with the figurehead of what you disagree with.

 

[Mouthwash]

You can insert these sounds in lieu of arguments. If it doesn't suffice, make a hee-larious meme picture with the figurehead of what you disagree with.

What argument can be made against appeals to emotions?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Show them how they are wrong, I suppose. If you can't, then they're not wrong and you don't have anything to complain about.

 

[Murky]

You could also say the objections to genocide are appeals to emotion. It does nothing to further your argument.

 

[Borachio]

I object to genocide on the grounds that it is a waste of time and effort.

 

[dutchfire]

Not if you do it properly.

On topic: Albert Einstein. Because I'd like his thoughts to be true. Sadly, they are not.

 

[Mouthwash]

You could also say the objections to genocide are appeals to emotion. It does nothing to further your argument.

An objection to genocide saying "they have the right to live just like everybody else! How would you feel if you were in THEIR shoes?" is an appeal to emotion. That being said, I think that any ridiculous proposition (such as genocide) is characterized as ridiculous by being very easy to refute using logic, and emotion shouldn't even be necessary.

 

[Traitorfish]

Diogenes

edit: for his total lack of respect for all forms of authority, status, and material possessions. (Also for peeing in the soup, and living in a barrel.)

I was going to say Merleau-Ponty because I really like his ontological work, but, yeah, this is much better.

I think Ayn Rand is the greatest philosopher aside from Aristotle. I mean, people simply can't let go of the old outdated Marxist dogma, can they? When was the last time they had an original idea?

The New Left post-dates the crystallisation (or perhaps ossification?) of Rand's philosophy by over a decade, and produced literally hundreds of significant (which isn't necessarily to say good, mind you) new ideas. So I don't really understand this comment.

 

[Angst]

I would have preferred a critique of Objectivism itself (specifically the rejection of altruism as a moral doctrine) but at least this is something. Congratulations on being the only person here to even try and argue rather than making appeals to emotion. I don't really like Rand- I only said that to provoke genuine discussion, which is incredibly rare on these forums.

Bonus though: Objectivism is a horrible philosophy too, based on premises disproven several hundred years before Rand showed up.

 

[JohannaK]

Among classical philosophers, I've always liked Epicurus.

Me too. I find what he said most interesting, and it is in fact my ideal to follow his example someday. When I got enough money to not need worry about it for the rest of my life, for example.

 

[caketastydelish]

I think our resident Philosopher, Plotinious is pretty good.

 

[Mise]

I've never actually read any primary texts written by a philosopher, but with that caveat, my top 3:

Aristotle, for his virtue ethics
JS Mill, for his Harm Principle
Rawls, for his original position

 

[Angst]

thats it im unsubscribing this thread

edit: wasn't a commentary to mise