You can tell the war against knowledge is ramping up by how heavily philosophy is being attacked and besmirched of late.

Of all the humanities, philosophy delves the deepest into how do we know that we know something, why we believe what we believe, how to determine what we are actually achieving when we think we are undertaking something, and ascertaining if our “logical” assumptions actually comport with how the universe or human reasoning actually functions. That is, among many other topics and examinations in the field.

Thus, it is extremely, extremely dangerous. More dangerous than any “empirical*” science because it has the power to overturn entirely the way humans think about the world. To be glib, change your mind, the world changes with it.

That is exactly why philosophy and its practice is such a huge threat.

Socrates was put to death for a reason.

*I’m not denigrating empiricism per se, but rather observing that many think they are practicing empiricism when they very much are not.