Showing papers in "Philosophical Investigations in 2002"
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the wisdom of philosophy is set in opposition to the common sense of mankind, and that too much learning is apt to make men mad, and this opposition betwixt philosophy and common sense, is likely to have a very unhappy influence upon the philosopher himself, who considers himself and the rest of his species, as born under a necessity of believing ten thousand absurdities and contradictions.
Abstract: [T]he wisdom of philosophy is set in opposition to the common sense of mankind. The first pretends to demonstrate . . . that there can be no such thing as a material world; that sun, moon, stars, and earth . . . are, and can be nothing else, but sensations in the mind . . . The last can conceive no otherwise of this opinion, than as a kind of metaphysical lunacy, and concludes that too much learning is apt to make men mad . . . This opposition betwixt philosophy and common sense, is apt to have a very unhappy influence upon the philosopher himself . . . He considers himself and the rest of his species, as born under a necessity of believing ten thousand absurdities and contradictions . . .
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