PHILOSOPHY IS FINISHED. THE REST IS LITERATURE, MYTH, AND RELIGION
Interesting. Reading top philosopher’s lists.
Advocates of philosophy conflate the impactful, the useful and the true. In retrospect we can see those who were meaningful (Aristotle, Bacon, Descartes, Hume, Locke, Jefferson.)
As far as I can tell, in retrospect, the problem all philosophers faced was that they were powerless observers, largely writing literature.
They feared, sought to entice, or sought to leverage, from either the church, the state, or their peers.
All the while, rulers ruled, merchants traded, and priests taught. These men only wrote. A few of them matter for the good. Most of them create as much or more harm than good.
1) The only physical science is what we call physics (engineering).
2) The only social science is what we call law(cooperation).
3) The only philosophy testimony(truth).
4) The only experiential science is aesthetics(experience).
Because these three things require action: existence.
1) Action vs reaction in the physical universe. (engineering)
2) Action vs reaction in the cooperative population (ethics/economics, sociology/politics)
3) Action vs reaction in personal testimony. (truth/psychology)
4) Acton vs reaction in experience (aesthetics)
**[Aesthetics], Engineering, Law(cooperation), Testimony**
All disciplines fall within these three fields.
This is the New Trivium.
Testimony (the logics / ourselves)
Law (cooperation / others)
Engineering (the hard sciences / the universe)
[Aesthetics (the science of experiences)]
The rest is fantasy literature, religion, propaganda, and lies.
Seriously.
That’s all there is.
Nothing more. The rest is nonsense dreams are made of.
Philosophy is finished.
Only Science remains.
Source date (UTC): 2016-03-21 07:36:00 UTC