Why is the formal study of philosophy misunderstood to be in search of which school of thought is "right," when each such school is a cul de sac off the road of open-ended inquiry -- each deriving logically from its choice of alternative premise
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skikyes
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It's frustrating, isn't it? I hear ya. Even philosophy teachers often seem to be pushing their own school of thought onto the students. Don't let them distract you, you are on the right track with the mindset you've expressed. Some students seem to want to use philosophy classes as a way to validate their personal convictions rather than exploring the discipline, its history and development and the determining the key elements of a philosophy. Plato or Aristotle? Augustine or Aquinas? Or Skikyes, for that matter!
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For every philosopher, there is an equal and opposite philosopher. And they are both wrong.
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