research is not about political ideology unless you're researching

political ideology.

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So a conservative philosopher,

for example, it kind of sounds like they're not interested in any other truth

than the one they are already interested in.

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And that is what I would call a pseudo

intellectual bordering on solipsism, when it gets right down to it,

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I try to explain to my students

that wisdom is knowledge and application. It's not just knowing. You have to be able to use that knowledge

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for the - whatever -

for the improvement of society, for the betterment of your family

for the security of your situation, etc.

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and that is what brings it

out of the academy or out of the ivory tower, if you... See more

The duty of philosophy is to make you realize what deep shit you are in. Not so much to directly solve problems, but to analyze it and expose how the problem is framed is already reflexively a part of the problem itself.