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A comment on Concerning Stephen Hawking’s Claim That Philosophy Is Dead (2012) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Concerning Stephen Hawking’s Claim That Philosophy Is De... by baldfat on Friday December 16, 2016 @10:29AM (#13193878)
> are you able to name a second philosopher that came out of there?

Since Kierkegaard was totally forgotten and wasn't rediscovered made popular in Germany by Boltmann till the 20th Century and no English translation till the 1940's I really don't see the significance of your comment.

> How about 1/10?

Not sure what you are saying there

>It's a realistic view of a great study

90% of CS Journal Articles are garbage? 90% of Math in Journals are garbage? 90% of Medicine Writing Journals are Garbage?

It isn't acceptable to disparage a Philosophy and call it a waste of time. It's right up there with it being okay to say "I'm not good in math" in professional settings. Both remarks are totally acceptable to say but they really shouldn't

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Re:Concerning Stephen Hawking’s Claim That Philosophy Is De... by boomboomsubban on Friday December 16, 2016 @11:35AM (#13194432)
>Since Kierkegaard was totally forgotten and wasn't rediscovered made popular in Germany by Boltmann till the 20th Century

I don't know where you got this, but it is an exaggeration of the truth. And unless you think the same thing is just waiting to happen to all the other philosophers that surrounded him, doesn't change the fact that most philosophy is tossed aside for good reason.

And yes, the same can be said of many different fields.

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Re:Concerning Stephen Hawking’s Claim That Philosophy Is De... by gshubert17 on Friday December 16, 2016 @09:08PM (#13198717)
The claim that 90% of philosophy articles are garbage is a special case of a more general claim that 90% of everything is garbage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law

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