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kleinbl00  ·  3047 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do You Approach Morality?

I tend to reject philosophy because interesting questions end up buried in a flood of epistemology and syntax. Every now and then when this question comes up I'll describe myself as a Gygaxian Axialist just to see if anyone notices.





jleopold  ·  3046 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Have you ever read Karl Jaspers? His *Way to Wisdom" takes a similar approach to what you just said, urging a renewal of focus on the actual issues of philosophy rather than "epistemology and syntax." He also said that even not having a philosophy is in itself a kind of philosophy, which is both a compelling statement, and a very frustrating one. On the other hand, he's a Christian existentialist, and so some of his other ideas can end up seeming rather weak.

user-inactivated  ·  3046 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Every now and then when this question comes up I'll describe myself as a Gygaxian Axialist just to see if anyone notices.

Formal axiology. It is a thing. There exist consultants.