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Re:Pseudophilosophy encourages confused, self-indulgent thin... by andagainagain on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:54AM (#26079708)
It almsot sounds likes what we need is a differentiation of words. Most people that like "philosophy" disagree on what they mean. I mean, that's a layman problem. But if philosophers themselves disagree on what philosophy in general is, then perhaps it should differentiate into specific philosophies.

Say, "scientific philosophy", which is the subset of thinking that considers philosophy as a science, with assigned true/false values. Then the rest of the philosophies can name themselves, or otherwise in aggregate consider themselves the nonscientific philosophies.

Would that work you think?

Re:Pseudophilosophy encourages confused, self-indulgent thin... by gmtx725 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:40PM (#26080355)
"Analytic" Philosophy is already a term, I think it does the job pretty well