
Mary Warnock on Philosophy in Public Life
Philosophy Bites
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Philosophy of Anything Is Anti-Dogmatism
Philosophy of anything is anti-dogmatism but we have to kind of defend our conclusions with reasons and evidence. That is the most important thing that philosophy is, that philosophy prepares you to be non-dorgmatic. I think actually philosophers are very good people to produce a constant critique of legislation. If the House of Lords consisted entirely of philosophers I wouldn't complain because the House of Lord it's Rome is to criticise and scrutinise legislation.
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