RE: What's the point of philosophy any more?
March 25, 2018 at 5:04 am
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2018 at 5:40 am by I_am_not_mafia.)
All of which relates to the point I made:
For people to agree there needs to be an objective means by which they can agree. Science provides this. Pure philosophy does not. This is why science makes progress and philosophy by itself does not.
Philosophy is sold as a way to increase our collective knowledge and understanding, not as the equivalent of a crossword puzzle. I am discussing philosophy in terms of the former.
(March 23, 2018 at 6:00 am)Mathilda Wrote: And using your method you'll never define what qualia is, what it isn't, how to recognise it or whether it even exists. Do you honestly believe that just by reasoning about these things without performing studies and experiments that you and your ilk will ever make any progress to the point where the majority will largely agree?
For people to agree there needs to be an objective means by which they can agree. Science provides this. Pure philosophy does not. This is why science makes progress and philosophy by itself does not.
(March 24, 2018 at 9:21 pm)bennyboy Wrote: If you're trying to get in touch with your inner self, sit on a beach and meditate or take drugs. You have to learn to be a little more versatile in your approach to experience, because there are different categories of experience, and an intelligent person will approach them differently.
Philosophy is sold as a way to increase our collective knowledge and understanding, not as the equivalent of a crossword puzzle. I am discussing philosophy in terms of the former.
