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		rbarooah on March 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Philosophy is bullshit: David Hume This argument seems to only work if you make the arbitrary assumption that philosophy and science are completely separate domains.

marknutter on March 27, 2012 [–]

I'm comfortable with that assumption.

rbarooah on March 27, 2012 | [–]

Fair enough, but since it's by no means universal, leaving this unstated is tantamount to a straw man.

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