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		bscphil on Jan 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Philosophy as a public service I have a degree in philosophy, and I agree with you. I don't see what this article has to do with philosophy as it's understood academically, and I'm also pretty unsure what the (rather self-aggrandizing) title (the site uses the title Philosophy Is a Public Service) has to do with the contents, since there's very little there to defend that claim or even talking about philosophy's role in the public sphere at all. A more apt title would be "How I Developed Several Public Art Projects".

gowld on Jan 3, 2020 [–]

The artist has a degree in philospophy, so he calls his art philosophy.

Is putting a ring on a tree to measure its growth (and highlight the lack thereof) any more "art" than "philosophy"?

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