Originally Posted by
Atwill
It's not that I don't get Ape's (and other people's) frustration with sophistry and vacuous babble, but detesting philosophy based on those annoyances seems a bit bizarre to me, given that you couldn't even articulate a coherent argument against vacuous babble without employing some form of philosophy.
The lacking amateur have given the word a bad rep. Either get them to be honest and call their babbling what it is, or find a new word for "real" philosophy. As it stands "philosophers" have the same status with me as Fox News has with regard to "news service".
And yes, that's me. My opinion. YMMV.