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It seems to me that what you have done is said "What a load of crap" without actually adding any value. What you haven't done is provide a clear, well-thought out contrary point of view.

Isn't that pretty close to what Graham wrote? He essentially said "ugh, philosophy, what a load of crap" without providing much in the way of specifics, except a vague mention that he doesn't like Hegel (who he may or may not have read, and is hardly a great place to start in any case). What he hasn't done is provide a clear, well-thought out contrary point of view, just an off-hand criticism.

In general, I don't find sweeping "ugh, this is crap" pronouncements without detail or analysis to be too useful, especially at the level of granularity of people dismissing entire other fields of study which are not their own. As you yourself argue in this thread, mere criticism isn't particularly constructive.

Curiously, he does cite a philosopher in his list of books you should read (Kuhn). It's one of Kuhn's more historically oriented books, but still leans towards philosophy of science. If you like that one, you might also like some of Kuhn's more philosophically oriented books, like Structure of Scientific Revolutions.