Comment on Philosophy meme
balderdash9@lemmy.zip 1 year agoProfessional philosophers don’t take Sam Harris seriously. He’s a smart guy, but his take on free will is dismissive of established philosophical literature. That is, he could do more to read and then engage with published philosophy; but maybe he doesn’t think he has to since his work isn’t intended for academics.
3h5Hne7t1K@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sounds an awful lot like groupthink to me. Having differentiating takes is the point of philosophy.