RE: What's the point of philosophy any more?
March 20, 2018 at 4:28 pm
(This post was last modified: March 20, 2018 at 4:32 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
Why do we still need art or music as a field? Because we enjoy it?
In all seriousness, when we have physicists like Lawrence Krauss who ask the same question but then embarrass themselves by saying the universe came from "nothing", then we know why we need philosophy as a field.
And when you see philosophy done well, then you see why we need philosophy as field.
And personally I find philosophy more interesting than science. Science gets us technology but as a subject I find it much less interesting and much more limited. And when you see people who think science is more objective and has more power than it actually does, then once again you see why we need philosophy as a field.
When Popper as a philosopher of science came up with falsifiability then you see why we need philosophy as field.
And, furthermore, people like Lawrence are often criticizing philosophy when ironically some of the questions they find most interesting are actually philosophical.
Last but not least "What's the point of philosophy anymore?" is a philosophical question... making your very question self-defeating
And it's no surprise Polymath kudosed you, when that guy appears to be one of those people who thinks science has a lot more power than it actually has.
Yes.... which is part of philosophy.
if you have to ask then no wonder you're asking Methinks you need to learn more philosophy!
Mathematics is logic with numbers.... and logic and reason is what philosophy is all about.
In all seriousness, when we have physicists like Lawrence Krauss who ask the same question but then embarrass themselves by saying the universe came from "nothing", then we know why we need philosophy as a field.
And when you see philosophy done well, then you see why we need philosophy as field.
And personally I find philosophy more interesting than science. Science gets us technology but as a subject I find it much less interesting and much more limited. And when you see people who think science is more objective and has more power than it actually does, then once again you see why we need philosophy as a field.
When Popper as a philosopher of science came up with falsifiability then you see why we need philosophy as field.
And, furthermore, people like Lawrence are often criticizing philosophy when ironically some of the questions they find most interesting are actually philosophical.
Last but not least "What's the point of philosophy anymore?" is a philosophical question... making your very question self-defeating
And it's no surprise Polymath kudosed you, when that guy appears to be one of those people who thinks science has a lot more power than it actually has.
(March 20, 2018 at 7:26 am)Mathilda Wrote:(March 20, 2018 at 7:25 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Seems like you are asking a lot of philosophical questions!
Would that then be meta-philosophy?
Yes.... which is part of philosophy.
if you have to ask then no wonder you're asking
Methinks you need to learn more philosophy!(March 20, 2018 at 7:33 am)Sal Wrote: I have, at least in recent times, viewed philosophy as giving the framework in which physical sciences works in. Dunno where to place mathematics in this, mathematics (particularly formal logic) seems to be the tool for applying science.
Mathematics is logic with numbers.... and logic and reason is what philosophy is all about.
