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philosophy to do away with metaphysics?  I love philosophy but
one of the main issues that I hear about it is that its
impractical and serves no suitable purpose to the world.
Although I believe this claim to be somewhat false I understand
the point that is being made from those who criticize it.
Philosophy is capable of being pragmatic but the reason why it
appears as though its not is because it deals too much with the
abstract and concerns itself with metaphysics. If you want a
real brain teaser metaphysical talk is the way to go but
metaphysics really serves no purpose to the world. For a family
who constantly have to work to feed their children and provide
an education, contemplating the nature of reality or postulating
weather or not consciousness exists outside the brain is
probably not going to help the situation. One of my professors
say that if we sit in meditation, we’ll underst