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Editorial

Does Philosophy Cause Nihilism?

by Rick Lewis

Philosophy is an activity. I used to say this with an air of self-satisfied originality whenever I was asked what philosophy was about. However, a friend recently pointed out, pointedly, that it says the same thing in my favourite reference book, the Bluffer’s Guide to Philosophy. Still, that doesn’t make it any less true.

It is impossible to read philosophy without thinking about what you are reading.

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