All X is Y,Let's take an inflammatory/racist claim such as — Andrew4Handel
Standards are good for producing the best environment for discussing philosophy, I'm not in favour of just allowing people to post garbage because "censorship is bad". — Judaka
How can "Chinese people are inferior to Europeans" produce a good discussion? — Judaka
Presented by itself, however, it is an exercise in bad form, and depending on content, bad taste, ignorance, bad or ill will, or anything that correctly characterizes abuse of reason and acceptable forms of argument. — tim wood
I'm sure there are good utilitarian/consequentalist arguments for why ""Chinese people are inferior to Europeans"" should be censored here. — RogueAI
I believe that philosophy is originally defined as the love of knowledge. — Andrew4Handel
I feel that philosophy has often been ruined by bias, personal prejudice, censorship among other things Philosophers are the people in the best position to criticise public discourses and not to become enmeshed in them. — Andrew4Handel
The above is a bias.not substantiated by evidence. — skyblack
If philosophers were unable to critique discourse what would be the point of them?
The whole point is not to accept any claim but dissect it. (Which apparently doesn't happen here?)
Say for example someone says "Women are inferior to men". Anyone anywhere can disagree to this with or without evidence. But the point of philosophy is to analyse the nature of the claim being made. Not to virtue signal or win an argument.
I would not be interested in Philosophy if I took ANY claim for granted. — Andrew4Handel
Small point, philosophy, I think, has never enjoyed the freedom we would all like to think it should have — tim wood
That is, you posted a biased assertion unsubstantiated by evidence. — skyblack
I believe that philosophy is originally defined as the love of knowledge.
So following from this, censorship or sentiment appears to have no place in philosophy, as well as personal bias.
Knowledge does not equate to preferences or sentiment.
Let's take an inflammatory/racist claim such as "Chinese people are inferior to Europeans"
Should this claim be discussed or censored? I feel that philosophy is the last place anywhere where claim should be censored or criticised politically.
I feel that philosophy has often been ruined by bias, personal prejudice, censorship among other things.
Philosophers are the people in the best position to criticise public discourses and not to become enmeshed in them. — Andrew4Handel
NO. It is a definitional assertion that Philosophy cannot function under bias. — Andrew4Handel
(...)philosophical discussions would identify the context of personal bias and ignorance that motivates such a claim as “Chinese people are inferior to Europeans”, rather than admit it into philosophical discussion as it stands. — Possibility
Ideally yes. So be careful of posting biased statements without evidence, was the point of my initial post.
If you didn't get it then it's ok, there is no point in creating a strawman, is there? I will let you carry on with others. Thanks — skyblack
The History of Philosophy has been rife with racism, sexism, misogyny, nationalism , pro slavery sentiment, elitism xenophobia etc. So you seem to have just delegitimized all of philosophy. — Andrew4Handel
I expect almost no one here has ever lived under such a regime and are using censorship in a comparatively shallow egregious manner. — Andrew4Handel
Ah, another right wing prejudiced poster — Benkei
Let's take an inflammatory/racist claim such as "Chinese people are inferior to Europeans"
Should this claim be discussed or censored? — Andrew4Handel
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