Submitted by thenousman t3_10py468 in philosophy
[deleted] t1_j6mx0u2 wrote
Reply to comment by KirrEwene in Great Philosophers Are Bad Philosophers by thenousman
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Nick_Beard t1_j6mzf1j wrote
>It's easy to just snipe at areas you think others were wrong
This is actually a fallacy called cherry picking, which is ironic because apparently a good philosopher is someone that doesn't use syllogistic or fallacious thinking.
Pretty sure he's strawmanning as well. If you understand the argument to be absurd despite knowing the person who made it is a famed thinker, maybe you don't actually understand the argument all that well?
KirrEwene t1_j6mx9nc wrote
I was sarcastic in my comment. I completely agree with you!
SyntheticBees t1_j6n1giw wrote
Thank you for writing this. I wrote a big long rambly comment tearing into the article, and this feels like the perfect (and better written) complement to all the points I made.
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