Robert asked:

Today's philosophy suffers..... from arrogance and dismayed insightfulness..... those who have a
lot.... have a lot to lose.... those who do not have nothing to lose..... when a philosophical thought can
address this demise let me know..... until then..... your thoughts and reflections and your ruminations
are destined for the shredder..... philosophical purity is not in the thought..... it is in its service to
mankind.

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Why such violence? Why the shredder rather than a bin or the trash can?

I think most people who answer here would agree that philosophy should be in service to mankind.
But why cannot it not be indulged in for it's own sake without arousing such antagonism?

Rachel Browne

In one thing you are right. The quality and number of publishing philosophers gradually has
diminished. Say twenty years ago reading philosophy was more fun. A lot of top philosophers
disappeared into sociology, education, physics, mathematics etc. Mainly because this paid
significantly better. The result is that a lot of articles in late postmodernism are indeed only worth a
good laugh.

But PART of top philosophers always were physicians, mathematicians. Don't tell me that in those
sciences quality disappeared.

But the publishing group is only a tip of the iceberg. Underneath things go on as usual. Aren't you
happy with a facility like Ask a Philosopher?

There's only one shredder that counts. That's the one of evolution. So I hope in after hundred years
or more people will still remember your name. Like all sciences philosophy should serve mankind. If it
doesn't, be sure that it will disappear.

Henk Tuten