Rev. Onan Canobite, SubGenius on Nostr: Karl Popper said philosophy earned its bad reputation, but he held out hope for ...
Karl Popper said philosophy earned its bad reputation, but he held out hope for philosophy that addressed itself to human problems. "What time is it on the sun" is the sort of philosophical question that he said made philosophy shameful. How error can be reduced, the utility and cost of tolerance, why tradition has value, those were things he thought philosophy might be okay at.
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