>>24735083
These academic philosophers live in a cloister where they are relevant only to themselves. Literally no one gives a single flying fuck. I read them only because I'm in the .1% that actually does give a shit about philosophy as a whole. Mostly I read them only to understand where they are currently fucking up.
Their entire milieu is one giant performative tautology where they arrive at 'big findings' that only timidly express their inane presuppositions, then pretend they have made great discoveries. Criticism is usually dismissed flippantly, out of hand, and without argument. Meanwhile they appoint themselves the guiders of the whole 'serious' tradition because their egos have grown to massive, hubristic proportions within their failing, smelly, academic monkey-cage. Case in point: the author of the article.
Most importantly, they forget the point of philosophy is the orientation and cultivation of human life.