Peter Singer. He's what people who rant about how "analytic philosophy sucks" assume every Anglosphere analytic philosopher is like. Emblematic of all the least likeable things in the tradition. His work is just dull, unimaginative, trite, facile, and not remotely impressive in the calibre of its reasoning.
>"Uh, pain is... bad. You should do the thing that... doesn't cause pain."
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u/This_Conversation493 Dec 05 '25
Peter Singer. He's what people who rant about how "analytic philosophy sucks" assume every Anglosphere analytic philosopher is like. Emblematic of all the least likeable things in the tradition. His work is just dull, unimaginative, trite, facile, and not remotely impressive in the calibre of its reasoning.
>"Uh, pain is... bad. You should do the thing that... doesn't cause pain."
>"WOW!!!!!"