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Re:Philosophy as a public service by bscphil on Thursday January 02, 2020 @03:46PM (#21939625)
I have a degree in philosophy, and I agree with you. I don't see what this article has to do with philosophy as it's understood academically, and I'm also pretty unsure what the (rather self-aggrandizing) title (the site uses the title Philosophy Is a Public Service) has to do with the contents, since there's very little there to defend that claim or even talking about philosophy's role in the public sphere at all.

A more apt title would be "How I Developed Several Public Art Projects".

Re:Philosophy as a public service by gowld on Friday January 03, 2020 @03:55PM (#21950253)
The artist has a degree in philospophy, so he calls his art philosophy.

Is putting a ring on a tree to measure its growth (and highlight the lack thereof) any more "art" than "philosophy"?