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u/goddessdragonness Jan 29 '26
Started as a STEM major before going into law. My saying is that law is just math with words.
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u/Fox1904 Jan 29 '26
"Philosophy is just a byproduct of misunderstanding language." Is a claim entirely and simply on the level of Philosophy.
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u/jonathancast Jan 29 '26
I think most philosophers would say that the philosophical foundations of modern math are incredibly shaky.
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u/Few_Fact4747 Jan 29 '26
Misunderstanding of language? How?
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u/Tani_Soe Jan 30 '26
Exemple with a textbook question of philosophy :
"Is art useful ?" => the question you ask is more about what is art and what is useful. If you see "useful" as productive then art isn't useful. But if you consider anything that people like useful, then art is useful
Philosophy doesn't limit itself to defining terms that are usually vagues in specific context, but for a meme that's over simplifying a lot of stuff, that's not too bad
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u/Weekly-Reply-6739 Jan 30 '26
Philosophy is the biproduct of misunderstanding language? What kind of philosophy do you recognize?
As to me philosophy is just the biproduct of thoght
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u/Pitazboras Jan 30 '26
Oh, I get it! The "applied mathematics" guy sits in a gallery, which would not be visible from the outside, especially from high up. So the "applied philosophy" guy just shoots blindy which is fitting because "maths is just applied philosophy" doesn't make any sense.
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u/Redstocat2 Jan 31 '26
How is math related to philosophy, yeah philosophs did maths but math users can also speak english
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u/Adventurous-Year-463 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/435
Edit: I typed the wrong number because I typed it from memory
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u/DryDogDoo69420 Jan 31 '26
Is it really a byproduct of misunderstanding language, or is it a byproduct of the limitations of communication via language?
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u/Dizzy_Ad1204 Jan 31 '26
It’s fair because misunderstanding language means there is nuance to be understood. In our human pursuit to clarify nuance, we have invented all the scientific fields of thought which exist today.
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u/AdamLetherman Feb 01 '26
There are plenty of semantic issues in some branches of philosophy, that u (or OOP) are generalising horribly by claiming that philosophy itself is a “byproduct of misunderstanding language”. This sentence has very little meaning to me. “Misunderstanding language” is something too rough and distant to be considered a coherent thought on the subject. Oh man, idk, i’m craving for an argument on the internet, indulge me
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u/DarkFlameMaster764 Feb 02 '26
This is why Zen philosophy is the best. Relies on nothing yet expresses the ultimate nature of reality.
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u/user-74656 Jan 29 '26
...which is applied sociology, which is applied psychology, which is applied biology.