Bad Academic Philosophy Responsible for Global Problems

Why has the damagingly irrational character of universities implementing knowledge-inquiry not been noticed and corrected? Academic philosophy, should have noticed and highlighted this disastrous situation long ago. It has not because of the scandalously dysfunctional state of the discipline. We urgently need to bring about a revolution in academic philosophy. Once upon a time, philosophy was immensely significant and fruitful. It created modern science and, in doing so, transformed our knowledge of the universe and the path of human history. But subsequently, philosophy made three monumental intellectual blunders which, never put right, are responsible for the disastrously trivial, dysfunctional character of philosophy today. Correct these blunders along lines discussed in Chaps. 3 – 7 , and Critical Fundamentalism emerges, a new, extraordinarily fruitful kind of philosophy that pursues and promotes imaginative and critical thinking about our most urgent and fundamental problems of thought and life. The vital need for wisdom-inquiry becomes apparent. There are fruitful implications for philosophy, for physics, for natural science, for social science, for education, for academic inquiry, for personal and social life, for our capacity to solve global problems, and thus make progress towards a good, civilized world.