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So let's say that you go around saying that philosophy has suddenly been struck by a SERIOUS problem, as in lives are at stake, and philosophers don't seem to pay any attention. Not to the problem itself, at any rate, though some of them may seem annoyed at outsiders infringing on their territory, and nonplussed at the thought of their field trying to arrive at answers to questions where the proper procedure is to go on coming up with new arguments and respectfully disputing them with other people who think differently, thus ensuring a steady flow of papers for all.
Let us say that this is what happens; which of your current beliefs, which seem to lead you to expect something else to happen, would you update?
At the risk of repeating myself, or worse, sounding like an organizational skills guru rambling on about win-win opportunities, might it not be possible to change the environment so that philosophers can do both - publish a steady flow of papers containing respectful disputation AND work on a serious problem?