Eh. I'm not sure I like the idea of empiricism being labeled as mere philosophy.
But then again, I'm just boring and practical that way. ;)
If real-world actions to improve one's spiritual standing (whatever one thinks that is) create real-world benefits, then so be it. But if they get in the way at all of creating real-world solutions to real-world problems, then I'd really rather they just go away.
IMHO, I think according philosophy and religion anywhere near equal stance with empiricism is getting in the way of being able to solve real problems that are affecting real people. Fantasy is fine when practiced on a small scale. When we forget to acknowledge it as such, and let it blow up into epic proportions, that's when we get screwed.
(That said, there's probably a reasonable physics argument to be made about matter and energy. Kinetic potential or something. I dunno. ;) )
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2009-02-10 09:53 pm (UTC)But then again, I'm just boring and practical that way. ;)
If real-world actions to improve one's spiritual standing (whatever one thinks that is) create real-world benefits, then so be it. But if they get in the way at all of creating real-world solutions to real-world problems, then I'd really rather they just go away.
IMHO, I think according philosophy and religion anywhere near equal stance with empiricism is getting in the way of being able to solve real problems that are affecting real people. Fantasy is fine when practiced on a small scale. When we forget to acknowledge it as such, and let it blow up into epic proportions, that's when we get screwed.
(That said, there's probably a reasonable physics argument to be made about matter and energy. Kinetic potential or something. I dunno. ;) )