Ten Things I Love About Philosophers
Happy Valentine’s Day, philosofriends!
What do I love about philosophers? (Can I love philosophers in general? Does love work that way? And how is this compatible with there being specific philosophers I don’t love? And…)
Philosophers tend to be:
- imaginative
- able to take great pleasure in puzzlement
- smart
- better than many at not taking it personally when corrected
- good at exploring possibilities
- concerned with being careful and precise in what they say
- able to see things from others’ point of view
- less bound by convention
- appreciative of complexity
- unselfconscious about how unusual they are
Philosophers are also good at coming up with counterexamples, but we don’t need to exercise that skill in this regard today, do we?
If you want to share what you love about philosophers, feel free to in the comments.
Have a good day. I hope you feel loved.
Jim Dine, “Eight Hearts”
Related: “Valentine’s Day Special: Philosophers on Love, Relationships, Jealousy, Autonomy, Respect, Affairs, Desire, & more“; “Philosophy Valentines“; “The Personality of Philosophy Majors“; “Do You Want to Date a Philosopher?“
This is a very sweet post. Thank you Justin.
4. is clearly not true.
Fuck off, SCM.
Defensive bastard.
Great post! Here’s one – I think we are more likely to change our minds in the face of reasoned argument than many others are. If that’s true, that’s an achievement to be proud of.
I love that most philosophers I know are less concerned about superficial goods, such as money and fame, and more concerned with deeper goods, such as knowledge and friendship. Thanks, Justin!
Laudable. Plausible. Item 4 is clearly false .
With regard with the exchange above, may I say “Happy Valentine’s Day” in Klingon:
Quch valentine jaj!
11. affordable
These 10 tendencies of lovely philosophers are better conceived for Valentine’s Day when suffixed with “in bed”
Try a hypothetical proposition with your favorite philosopher tonight … in bed.
11. Shockingly willing to write essays about the intersection of myrmecology and philosophy.
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