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Synthetic Philosophy: A Manifesto

Neven Sesardic introduces a revolutionary new way to gain philosophical insight.

I hereby announce the launch of a revolutionary project: synthetic philosophy!

The idea of synthetic philosophy is to combine classic statements from different great philosophers to produce illuminating new insights. If you think about it, the promise of synthetic philosophy is undeniable. Isn’t it obvious that combining the deepest thoughts of the finest philosophers will only lead us to even more profound and earth-shaking truths? As you will see, this is a potentially unlimited source of breathtaking philosophical discoveries.

Here is philosopher of science David Stamos’s example that started me thinking about synthetic philosophy:

Sartre: Hell is other people.
Wittgenstein: Logic is hell.

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