(November 15, 2023 at 6:40 am)Ahriman Wrote:(November 15, 2023 at 6:36 am)Belacqua Wrote: And by defining the words, of course, we'd be doing philosophy!
That's why we can never get beyond it. Because the statement "philosophy is worthless" is a philosophical statement, and showing that it's true requires doing philosophy.
I was under the impression that philosophy was a more specialized sort of thing than that.
I got that feeling from your earlier post -- you may be using the word in a more specific way than I am.
To me, any question about values is a philosophical question. So "is it a waste of time to do philosophy?" is a question that ultimately concerns how it is good to spend one's time. This can't be demonstrated by science.
Very roughly, I suppose that just about any question that falls outside science's purview is likely to be philosophy. But I grant that may be too general.
Do you have a more specific definition?