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A refreshing perspective. Far too many people, who should know better, seem to think that a philosopher is someone who has read and studied the works of Plato and Kant; and preferably in their original Greek and German. Indeed, this is what philosophy has become: an exercise in posturing. Fortunate...

A refreshing perspective. Far too many people, who should know better, seem to think that a philosopher is someone who has read and studied the works of Plato and Kant; and preferably in their original Greek and German. Indeed, this is what philosophy has become: an exercise in posturing. Fortunate...

I think it is also important to situate ‘philosophy’ historically – indeed, as Hegel would have it, as part of real recorded ‘history’ (anything else is myth, he writes) – as a phenomenon of civilisation and the emergence of the State. Philosophy is not just thinking about things, or reflexivity, i...

Thanks very much for your comments, Terry. It is indeed quite difficult to balance communication and creativity, which I suppose is why philosophers and academics often lean too far towards complete obscurantism. But I'm glad that you appreciated my point on the significance of creative obscurity. T...

As an atheist, I agree with the author's view that there is simply a lack of empirical evidence, and I don't think that just 'knowing' is really a substantial argument. However, I am willing to accept a believer's claim about faith, and that it extends beyond empirical knowledge. I envy people who h...