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redditaccount003 t1_jai07ay wrote

Reply to comment by TimelessGlassGallery in The imperfect translation between thoughts and language by LifeOfAPancake

Both Freud and Lacan have stuff related to it too. It’s okay though, people shouldn’t have to have read the canon before being allowed to write essays and have opinions

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TimelessGlassGallery t1_jai0ywg wrote

They should’ve thought and researched a bit harder before presenting that essay to a bunch of philosophy enthusiasts though…

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Nebu_chad_nezzarII t1_jalh8g5 wrote

This is a very elitist and non-inclusive attitude - I’d argue the exact opposite. Philosophy should be open to all, esp. In an amateur forum such as this. If the barriers to entry is to have read all relevant philosophical works to date, it would disqualify 99.9% of posters.

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TimelessGlassGallery t1_jalhi8j wrote

I wouldn’t call my criticism “a barrier to entry,” and I’m not gonna praise an essay that’s clearly not well thought out and under-researched lol. I’m sure more than .1% of this subreddit has read Wittgenstein’s work or something similar…

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Nebu_chad_nezzarII t1_jalifte wrote

While i agree that writing an essay on a philosophical topic, it’s useful to reference the big ideas and their historical proponents and their arguments, philosophy should also be emergent and creative and that People are taking the leap to actually do philosophy themselves i find commendable.

If you find the essay lacking that’s totally fair but you did actually not present an argument on why it was lacking - you just made a snide and elitist remark that did not further the discussion at all.

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