One can talk abstractly about depth, profoundity, insight, complexity, range, fertility, but these things are pitched very abstractly. As my differences with Chris about JS Mill and Husserl show, even people with extensive professional education can differ about these things. Basically there is no hope whatsoever that anyone will ever say anything general and interesting about what makes philosophy good. It's something you have to learn by studying exemplars that experts generally acknowledge to be great. It's easier to say what makes philosophy bad, when it is. Anyway, learning this stuff is a lot of what grad school in philosophy is about. jks
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