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		sdf4j on Sept 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I argue that studying the history of philosophy is... That's a pretty narrow conception of philosophy. Also a narrow conception of what "reality" entails. From ethics to politics, and pretty much every social phenomena, doesn't require a petri dish to be studied.

spicyusername on Sept 28, 2022 [–]

> doesn't require a petri dish to be studied.

True, that it doesn't require a petri dish, but it does require the scientific method.

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