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Wrestling with Philosophical Arrogance

All philosophers are arrogant. They believe that those who do not agree with them are wrong. This follows from their claims of mutual exclusivity. Pluralism is absent within the field. And this is a good thing.  Many of my mentors adopted this position, whether implicitly or explicitly. This is a necessary state of mind for professional scholars who have expertise in their field.  At some point, it began to rub off on me. And my engagement with others became calloused. Abrasive. Argumentative. The type of person I hate the most acts without thinking about the deeper meaning of their actions. What is valuable? What should we believe in? I felt that in order to move in life, one has to find the answers to these problems. And those who do not have answers do not have a right to pursue anything else.  This turns in to pleasure -- a pleasure derived from pain. The utter collapse and deconstruction of worldview. The unavoidable tide of philosophical skepticism. The history of p...