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I wrote a longer rebuttal to this (it's in the responses section of Colin's original piece), but here's an excerpt on the issue of political vulnerability which is his main line of…

Gravity exerted force before Newton formalized its effect. I think Newton's contribution was still valuable.

This is a false dichotomy. Frege was a mathematician and wrote philosophy attempting to explain what a number was. Questions about which domain this effort ought to be bucketed in …

This is a worthwhile point. People have a misconception about what philosophy is because pop 'philosophy' like Zizek is more about generating controversy than useful inquiry. It's …

You're arguing against taxes, not philosophy.

Aristotle gave us logic, which is the basis for rational inquiry in all fields. Also an important contribution.

Not sure this is the strongest argument for philosophy. Philosophy is valuable when it is directed to the inquiry of truth for the sake of discovering truth, not for some immediate…

'Your marketing page sucks' is true, but not useful or insightful. My suggestion is something like: 'Your chats, to-dos, and project management -- free, and in one place.' That is …