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On The Usefulness of Philosophy
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!["Also, who else is every going to figure out whether or not chairs exists? Scientists? Not a chance."
Carnap: "Hey, do you guys ever get the feeling that everything we are doing is totally pointless? "
Wittgenstein: "What do you mean, Carnap, like that life is pointless?"
Carnap: "No Wittgenstein, worse than that: what if...philosophy is pointless!?"
Carnap: "What if all of our arguments are just mental masturbation, and empirical science is the only thing capable of generating real knowledge?"
Wittgenstein: "Don't be stupid, of course philosophy is useful."
Carnap: "How so?"
Wittgenstein: "Without philosophy, how else could we ever determine whether or not we needed philosophy?"
Carnap: "That is true."
Wittgenstein: "Think next time before you say something."](http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/OnTheUsefulnessofPhilosophy.png)
"Also, who else is every going to figure out whether or not chairs exists? Scientists? Not a chance."
Philosophers in this comic:
Ludwig Wittgenstein,
Rudolf Carnap
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