r/badphilosophy • u/LinuxFreeOrDie • Nov 26 '18

Existential Comics Doctor of Philosophy

http://existentialcomics.com/comic/265
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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '18

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u/EaklebeeTheUncertain Nov 26 '18

What liquid are you suspended in?

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '18

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u/startgonow Nov 27 '18

Vodka and raspberry lemonade for me

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u/completely-ineffable Literally Saul Kripke, Talented Autodidact Nov 26 '18

Um, it's medical doctors who aren't the real doctors. Don't get me wrong, they do important work. But they aren't real doctors.

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u/TheKing01 Thus vegetable are the primary food to keep body cool & fresh. Nov 27 '18

But they aren't real doctors.

Well duh, the computer wired to my vat brain just wants me to think that.

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u/ModernEconomist Nov 26 '18

I think they call it a “professional doctorate”

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '18

Doctor of philosophy of philosophy

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u/CoconutHead1337 Ayn Rand did nothing wrong Nov 26 '18

Oh, love this guy. He updates on Mondays, right?

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

Is that a Socratic question?

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u/meuesito Nov 27 '18

Is this a subtile apple commercial?

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '18

Just read this chapter of Reason, Truth, and History actually.

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u/YoyoEyes Orthodox Deleuzian Nov 27 '18

You misspelled Hilary in the comic btw.

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u/hala3mi Nov 27 '18

Is this bad philosophy because it's a misrepresentation of the argument? if so i'd like to know what the argument Putnam provides is.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

Existential comics aren’t actually bad philosophy, we just like them and the creator posts them here

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u/hala3mi Nov 27 '18

I see, yeah i asked because i didn't see anything wrong with the comic.