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Anonymous

09/15/25(Mon)06:40:07 No.24724882

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How come all the relevant British philosophers are from the 1700s?

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)06:50:18 No.24724899

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)06:50:18 No.24724899

>>24724882
>who is AJ Ayer and Rudolf Carnap

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)07:12:52 No.24724914

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)07:12:52 No.24724914

Empire innit

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)07:16:03 No.24724918

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)07:16:03 No.24724918

>>24724882
they solved it and moved on to science

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)07:58:46 No.24724971

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>>24724882
>1700s

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)09:30:43 No.24725171

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)09:30:43 No.24725171

>>24724899
A Jew and a German

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)09:35:15 No.24725180

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)09:35:15 No.24725180

>>24724882
Running that big ass empire absorbed all the smart people that would have otherwise been philosophers into the colonial administration.
Germany excelled in philosophy because their empire was shit and pathetic, so they didn’t have this problem.

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)09:38:28 No.24725185

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)09:38:28 No.24725185

>>24724882
The real pattern is that all great British thinkers, with the exception of Isaac Newton, were chubby

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)09:50:26 No.24725203

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)09:50:26 No.24725203

How backwards England is on philosophy is truly bizarre. I hope the US can escape the disease that took over here and dominates only through sociological reasons.

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)10:03:16 No.24725223

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)10:03:16 No.24725223

>>24724899
Not philosophers

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)10:13:26 No.24725242

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)10:13:26 No.24725242

>>24725171
>>24725223
Cope

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)11:03:34 No.24725336

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)11:03:34 No.24725336

>>24724882
Britain willingly subscribed to a materialist-scientific worldview. There is no more philosophical debate from such a position, only the advancement of science which Britain did greatly continue to contribute to.

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)16:01:10 No.24726067

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)16:01:10 No.24726067

>>24724882
because you don't read.

Anonymous
09/15/25(Mon)16:08:29 No.24726088

Anonymous 09/15/25(Mon)16:08:29 No.24726088

>>24724882
'twas before public education