The closest thing to philosophy this generation cares about is identity politics and sex.
No one cares about the purpose of humanity in the scope of existence.
No one cares about objective vs subjective morality.
No one cares about methodologies for obtaining true knowledge, and what truth is.
No one cares about what it means for a human to be alive in "contrast" to a computer program.
Instead they want to talk about sins of the past that can never be forgiven and installing rape cultures around the world. How does it change?
War.
>>79752730
I'm thinking that's true at this point, but the West is losing a war against Islamic philosophy. Is there a chance for Western ideas to return and flourish, and create new insights?
Even /pol/ doesn't give a shit about philosophy.
>>79753049
I don't mean an ideological war, but a conventional war, a nation wide catastrophe, martial law, etc. Hardship bonds people, they start thinking objectively.
>>79753696
But how will that ensure Western ideas are heard, and not the Middle Eastern ones?
>>79752629
>Rand
>Philosopher
pick one
>>79753539
Because west is almost dead society.
You can't voice your opinion freely, because you are shutted down by one or other side
There are no truth, yet there groups that are more or less wrong
>>79753906
West is more advanced.
They'd suffer in a war across the european cities.
Just imagine a continent-wide syrian civil war.
Europe has been far too disconnected from reality. An islamic uprising might wake them up to basic reality.
the west is a black hole of nihilism and relativism that slowly sucks everything into its belly, it's a lost cause at this point, the gloomy religion of materialism is too deep set at this point for a genuine philosophical renaissance to happen without a completely game changing happening
>unable to get through Rand
>but can get through Marx
That's so backward it hurts. Rand is entry level baby mode political philosophy.
>>79754255
even if we were equally advanced, the west would still win
didn't 10,000 spaniards #rekt the natives of this whole continent?
>>79752629
>Jew vs Jew
>>79752629
Surprisingly, the most visible Marxist tool on the U.S. political scene is spineless faggot Paul Ryan, an Ayn Rand fan who gifts his incoming congressional staff with copies of her books.
>>79753906
Those in the west who defend Islam and it's derivatives are a vocal minority, they are left unchecked because the average person is either afraid of being labelled something bad, or simply doesn't care. In times of need, the majority always prevails, and as you can see by recent events like brexit and Trump's approval, the west isn't lost yet. If it comes to a full blown war, the useful idiots are either gonna die or hide, and the average Joe will have a voice.
>>79752629
Philosophy is a dead end.
>>79753977
You have to criticize Aristotle to criticize objectivism. But you wouldn't know about these things.
>>79756065
Go back to watching Molymeme murican. Like you knew about Aristotle before yt.
>>79752629
what good is there in arguing about if truth is true and if our perception of reality is real and blahblahblah,
if you realy care about methodologies for obtaining true knowledge, then come to the math side.
we have solid logic and free puzzles
>>79752629
>"No one can get through Atlas Shrugged"
Boy you can say that again.
