Philosophy can definitely be a bit tribal, but it’s generally nothing like politics. You might say what typically happens is you see one-half of the usual arguments-as-soldiers behavior: all arguments on the opposing side must be stopped. But since it’s generally recognized that good philosophical arguments are hard to come by, many philosophers would be happy to have one good argument for their view.
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Philosophy can definitely be a bit tribal, but it’s generally nothing like politics. You might say what typically happens is you see one-half of the usual arguments-as-soldiers behavior: all arguments on the opposing side must be stopped. But since it’s generally recognized that good philosophical arguments are hard to come by, many philosophers would be happy to have one good argument for their view.