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You see, the problem is that Bertrand Russell also made actual contributions to the world in useful areas like science and mathematics. What he had to criticize in philosophy was what was left over -- the idealists and their nonsense. What's become "philosophy" needs to hold on to these metaphysical musings in order to justify a large part of its existence. You can't justify entire academic departments with experts on Hegelian dialectics based on, say, funding for research in medicine or something, so you have to make people believe it's about something intelligible.
This is not to say that there isn't much that is useful in philosophy, but you won't find it in Hegel or others of his ilk.
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Utilitarianists are braindead retarded.
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>>9362468
Damn, that was quick. Came here to say the same, but not so strongly.
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I hold Russell personally responsible for the 'celebritisation' of philosophers. Now everyone follows their own old man like a football team. Holistic analysis died with him.
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>>9362490
This was a problem even in the Ancient times - hell philosophical schools often take the name of one person.
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>>9362417
Blogs go on >>>/tumblr/
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>>9362761
Ironically, Hegel himself is fiercely against such atomism in his history of philosophy.
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>>9362417
Is knowledge intrinsically valuable?
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