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Facts & Questions

Joseph Sen on the uniqueness of philosophy.

One way to understand the uniqueness of philosophy might be through looking at the way facts differ from questions. These differ not only in form but in the impact they have upon the mind. Take a fact from history we may happen to hear.

“Hegel was born in Stuttgart.”

This fact comes upon us from without, almost forcefully, and demands to be taken in.

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