Monday, February 20, 2017

Elitism in logic.

Secularists look down on Thomistic logic taught in Catholics schools. Some actually think that sort of logic ruined philosophy. STEM types look down on logic found within philosophy saying it's incomplete, focusing too much on true/false; and that whatever intellectual muscle found in philosophy can be found in STEM.

I find all of the above ironic because philosophy and STEM are fields largely made up of secularists. But which field is the more logical one? Which field is the one that produces the sharpest brains that can slice through any social, economic, philosophical, theological and science argument like butter? In my experience STEM types are specialists, never really debunking or giving a fatal blow to philosophy and philosophy never really debunking or giving a fatal blow to theology.

So overall it's not a happy family in the secularist world. And all of this over whether or not a STEM curriculum should be favored over a liberal arts one.

It's like mentioning one has a college degree but it's not the right one. State school? A public ivy one, right? Nope. Psshh. A private one? Amherst. Good for you. An Ivy? UPenn. It's an Ivy nonetheless.

Or even what city you live in. The view goes like this: NYC/LA/SF > anything middle America. If you can't live the mentioned cities then at least live in a place like Boston, DC or Seattle. You know, educated and "progressive" places. 

Secularist Philosophy Professor: Hey, we cool right? We think theological arguments are crap, right?
Secularist STEM Professor: Yea.
Secularist Philosophy Professor: So I have an upcoming book about Hume -
Secularist STEM Professor: *snorts*

The marathon that is equality in the modern world there's eve inequality among disciplines that seek truth.

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