From: Brian Manning Delaney <b-delaney@uchicago.edu>
>Who said we were talking about "decrees"? Who said "external"?
Why does that bother you?
>"Sounds," not is. (And "sounds" only to someone who doesn't understand
>philosophy.)
So, why don't you understand philosophy?
Perhaps because philosophy means the art of asking the wrong questions.
>To take your definition, philosophy would
>try to understand, and validate, what is meant by "knowledge," and
"empirical"
>(and, for that matter, "verification").
If you don't understand those words, look them up.
IMNSHO, philosophy is for people who can't understand science.