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soulofmischiefyesterday at 4:55 PM1 replyview on HN

The fact that we have sharpened our classification of sciences over time does not imply that philosophy is a study of the ill-defined. It implies the opposite: Philosophy is more precisely defined now than ever.

If you read the rest of the article, you will see clear examples of what is considered a philosophical problem and what isn't.


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tim333yesterday at 6:29 PM

My argument was more philosophy is for stuff we don't understand like how do qualia work, rather then ill-defined. When you get to stuff like how does neurotransmission work which we do kind of understand it gets classed as science.

Are there philosophical problems that have definite answers like what is the atomic number of oxygen type answers?

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