Science has actually stimulated a great deal of philosophical debate. You really ought to read the articles you post. I don't know how you reach your conclusion- read this paragraph:
>The Sloterdijk debate is, above all, about the future of intellectual discourse in Germany.
Up to now Germany has escaped the (rather sterile, in my view) "science wars,"
triggered by Alan Sokal's hoax, that have encumbered discussions in the United States.
Sloterdijk, at 52, represents a generation that has begun to challenge the dominance of
social science and Critical Theory in German intellectual life. What does this generation
of public intellectuals offer to scientists who hope that their concerns will be represented
in a more balanced way? Judging from what has been said so far, not much. But with his
call to consider, rather than ignore, the biological nature of humanity when asking
philosophical and political questions, even though his own knowledge of biology is limited,
Sloterdijk does (inadvertently) open a door to an older and vibrant German intellectual
tradition that goes back at least to Leibniz and Kant and continues into the early 20th
century.<
Sounds to ME like philosophy in Germany may be livening up rather than dying. I thank you for proving that, indeed, philosophy is not dead. And that's JUST Germany! |
