Philosophy of the Pseudo Absolute
Philosophy of the Pseudo Absolute
by Tatiana Velitchkov © 2009
Philosophy refers to the study of general problems mostly concerning matters such as existence, truth, knowledge etc. Pseudo is used to signify that something is false, fraudulent or it is not whatever it is pretending to be, and Absolute refers to a concept of philosophy. Thus the Philosophy of Pseudo Absolute describes any idea or system that is taken to be a philosophy but it significantly fails to meet scholarly standards of philosophy. So in simple terms it is something which is pretending to be a philosophy.
A popular scholar called Nicholas Rescher referred Philosophy of Pseudo absolute as deliberations that masquerade as philosophical but which in fact are found to be inept, incompetent, and deficient of intellectual seriousness and they reflect on an insufficient commitment to the pursuit of truth. This has been the basic definition of pseudo philosophy that is commonly used in academic rounds.
Over a period of time pseudo philosophy has been found in academics or some scholars have been accused of pseudo philosophy. These pseudo philosophies have brought forward by fellow scholars while trying to justify each others work. Pseudo philosophy was quoted in academia in works by:
Hegel
Hegel is a scholar who was born in Germany and his colleagues and he came up with philosophies such as those for ethical life, importance of history. Hegel and his colleagues developed a concept of mind or spirit that later integrated and united. His philosophy was said to be a pseudo philosophy by Arthur Schopenhauer. He said that Hegel and his colleagues’ deliberately sound impressive but are without truth. The works sound impressive but they contain no verifiable content Arthur said of Hegel’s works. Despite this Hegel is still considered as an influential writer in world history.
Postmodernism
Accusations of pseudo philosophy have also been made against postmodernist Martin Heidegger. Richard Dawkins who is a biologist claims that modernists are generally intellectual con artist or tricksters who come up with weak ideas with difficult to understand wordings. In this claims he also included other modernist like Jacques Derrida, Jean Baudrillard, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Lacan, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Gilles Deleuze and Jean Luc Nancy. Another scholar who has accused these philosophers is Alan Sokal who said that the philosophers used scientific concepts but they lacked in rigor. Claims of pseudo philosophy have gone to as far as some scholar protesting to Cambridge University for awarding Jacques Derrida an Honorary degree; they claimed that his work did not meet the accepted standards of clarity.
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December 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Hegel may have failed at addressing important notions (and his style may indeed have been one of obfuscation, which is to be expected of a man with his philosophical lineage), and modernists may indeed be pseudophilosophers, but Schopenhauer, and especially Dawkins, is hardly a man worthy enough to slap that label on anybody besides himself. Dawkins shows such an ignorance of philosophy in his public yammerings and books that it seems utterly laughable that he could accuse anyone else of philosophical flimsiness. He seems less interested in truth, and more interested in pinning down those he finds disagreeable with the clever use of sophistic arguments which dazzle his naive and ignorant audience. If he is not consciously aware of his real motives, then it is only because he has managed to either blind himself to them, or because he is counting on the general public’s tacit belief that scientists are infallible and that the physical sciences are the only sources of knowledge.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Thank you for your comment Bob, and I think this might be the case indeed: “…or because he is counting on the general public’s tacit belief that scientists are infallible and that the physical sciences are the only sources of knowledge.”
May 20th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
“but Schopenhauer, and especially Dawkins, is hardly a man worthy enough to slap that label on anybody besides himself. Dawkins shows such an ignorance of philosophy in his public yammerings and books that it seems utterly laughable that he could accuse anyone else of philosophical flimsiness.”
Oooh…classic ad hominem. Dat’s some tight philosophy!
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