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17403634 No.17403634 [Reply] [Original]

Should Philosophy be considered Fiction or Non-Fiction?

>> No.17403640
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>>17403634
>Fiction
>Non-Fiction
Spooked. Reality is as I make it, not as "History" makes it.

>> No.17403653

>>17403634
It is pretty much as non-fiction as it gets

>> No.17403659

>>17403640
True but that is swerving the initial question. Pay no heed to the labels used to describe the thought behind them, and answer the question.

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>>17403653
>implying Platos world of forms is Non-Fiction

>> No.17403691

>>17403634
All the philosophers I like non-fiction
Every one I hate fiction

>> No.17403699

>>17403653
Spinozas ethics is non fiction?

>> No.17403712

They are obviously nonfiction because they all attempt to explain and understand some part of the real world.

>> No.17403715

It's neither I feel, maybe a third genre where the lines of both are interwoven

>> No.17403718

>>17403699
The Ethics is non-fiction and distilled based autism

>> No.17403730

>>17403634
Non fiction according to the Dewey decimal system

>> No.17403753

>>17403712
But so does fiction. It interprets reality and comes to a conclusion of its own, using elements of existence to build upon. This is the same as philosophy. The only difference is the motivation of the author

>> No.17403769

>>17403634
It depends, authors like Baudrillard and Deleuze-Guattari can surely be considered fictional, meanwhile, authors like Spinoza and analytical philosophers could not be said to write fiction or to be using fictional discoursive tools.

>>17403699
the title say it: its geometry

>> No.17403814

>>17403769
But that doesn't really make a strong case for free thinking either way. I think it must be directly related to the aim of the author. Even then that is very vague, since fiction authors are technically creating a reality within their creative expression and would agree that their works have non fictional elements incorporated throughout. Same can be said for philosophical thinking

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>>17403699
Ethica by Benedictus di Spinoza (pbuh) is the least fictional book ever written

>> No.17404031

>>17403634
It should be considered useless.
Maybe they'll come in handy when the shipments of toilet paper stop. Kind'a like my degrees and diplomas.
Sometimes I want to plant an axe in my computer, grab all my camping supplies, my rifle and my bow and maybe an axe and a saw, then go to a state park and hide innawoods forever. There's nothing here anymore.
Fuck philosophy.

>> No.17404042

>>17403679
yup, the forms are real

>> No.17404474

>>17404031
Nice philosophy

>> No.17404503

>>17404042
>the forms
>the world the forms inhabit

Pick one

>> No.17404798

Depends on the text. Socratic dialogues are definitely fiction.