The news media has become very selective in what it states and prints and is politically biased - on both ends of the political spectrum. How are philosophers to solve this problem? — John Gill
I think it is no accident that philosophers are made fun of. — creativesoul
It's not only politically biased... but it's also financially biased. As long as people are more prone to watch train wrecks, they will show nothing but.
I think it is no accident that philosophers are made fun of.
— creativesoul
Rodeo-clowns' occupational hazard, ain't it? — 180 Proof
situate truth where it belongs... as one precipice of all human thought and belief, and thus of all human understanding. — creativesoul
I believe a few years ago there was a claim that philosophy was dead and so I guess now truth is supposed to be dead because the publishers at Time think it has gotten that bad?How can philosophers resurrect truth from its deathbed? How can philosophers find consensus on the best course forward in changing the public mind? — ernestm
...avoid the traditional gatekeepers of truth. — NOS4A2
When a statement can be found true in more than one metaphysics, and whose interpretation is more unambiguously framed within the presumed premises and resulting rules for each of those metaphysics, then it may be considered to possess greater merit.
Hence, in modern metaphysics, the merit of a statement should be held more fruitful to evaluate than the truth of a proposition.
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