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redefining the problem

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Philosophy's task is not to solve given problems but to see that the way a problem is formulated is itself part of the problem, those in power want to define problems and have academics merely propose solutions.

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This is a crucial question. Because I think the saddest thing that is happening today is that the official academic institutions, universities, are more and more getting, how should I call it, pragmatically oriented. You know, that's why the less and less authorities, even people …
Slavoj Žižek