Which parts of philosophy are worth studying from a pragmatic perspective?

snarles

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What exactly do you mean by "a pragmatic perspective"?

In other words, how exactly is the question "Which parts of philosophy are worth studying from a pragmatic perspective?" different from just "Which parts of philosophy are worth studying?"?

Pragmatic has a different connotation in this particular instance I think.

Suppose one lives in a Marxist-Leninist dictatoriship. Studying the works of Marx and Lenin brings advantages beyond self-improvement or perhaps even pleasure as some appear to be arguing.

I found it interesting everyone missed this dimension of the question. In this light I would advise that one should also study some works Christian theologians (many are arguably in the realm of philosophy), Plato, Aristotel, Ibn Khaldun, Descartes, Rousseau, the British Empiricists, the great Ger... (read more)

0wiresnips16y

I have a guess: Let's say that studying philosophy is gratifying in and of itself. That would make the study of philosophy an intrinsic good. There might be some parts of philosophy whose study yields an instrumental good. These would be the "pragmatic" parts.

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