why are there so many chairs in philosophy?

Question

maybe i just had an eccentric teacher but every lecture we talked about chairs.

I don't have anything against chairs. I am just curious. which killed the cat

I don't have anything against chairs. I am just curious.

No they are not musical maybe abstract or lingustic projections but only in games are they musical

Answer 1

3 chairs. Hip hip hooray

Answer 2

I think chair is very pertinent example indeed to be adduced in philosophical discussions between a teacher and his students. First of all, a chair very often is the only article in the room that everyone would share, as a common way of seating to participate. Besides, a teacher’s chair is always a place of notable respect and prestige; we may call somewhere most academic ‘house of knowledge’, but always ‘a seat of learning’.

I remember one of my English literature teachers who used to make good use of the example of chair while discussing Aristotle’s Poetics: that if an artistic portrayal a chair, say in paints, is produced either idealistically, or as a caricature, then that reproduction would surely be removed from actual reality of the thing to the extent in accordance with the artistic sense and skill of the artist. But chair, first and foremost, is merely a concept in the mind, a concept that was present in the mind even when no chair was actually conceived out of need or materialistically produced in forms of wood or stone to fulfil that need, which proves that all works of art in imitation of life are twice removed from the reality of the objects they represent.

Answer 3

"Chairs" are names in honor of someone who had a great influence on philosophy, and if he was an alumni, so much the better. Chairs are often held for life, and they bear great influence on future philosophers by choosing those profs who teach under their tenure. It's like Plato and Aristotle having their own schools.

Answer 4

I always thought there were lots of tables, as in truth tables.

Actually yes. Furniture is a bit of a cliche. It's probably because there is a lot of furniture where academic philosophy is practiced. I sometimes try to avoid using furniture as examples, actually.

Answer 5

Have you got something against chairs ?.
What would you prefere?
Chairs has different meanings.

Answer 6

Because all the armchairs have long been taken up by 'philosophers'.

Answer 7

It doesn't bear thinking about does it?

Answer 8

maybe they're musical ones?