Ade's Philosophy Column

The Trouble with Philosophy

Don't get me wrong, I think philosophy is great but it just isn't an 'ology'. Ologies like socialology (well that's a poor example), or psychology just leave philosophy for dead. One of the inherent problems is that philosophical assertions can be more difficult to prove as they are often subjective, whereas for most of the ologies the various considerations can be proven, of course my example of psychology is a poor example of this. It's a bit like comparing a subject like art with mathematics for instance.

Now this can be viewed as either a good thing or a bad thing, it often depends on which side of the fence you are on or indeed which side of the bed you got out of that morning. For all you budding philosophiser's out there my advice is to treat each case on it's merits and I don't mean a dog. Anyone not understanding the joke here should really think of taking up a less demanding profession, doctor or solicitor, something like that.

Hope you're not all intimidated by the size of my intellect.

Ade x