RE: Greeting from Vienna...
November 14, 2011 at 9:16 am
(This post was last modified: November 14, 2011 at 9:20 am by Epimethean.)
"I'm guessing everyone here would'a thought that. Yes, we all enjoy conversing with each other. However conversation is not Philosophy and the two are not remotely exclusive to each other ... or am I missing your point?
Even most Philosophy professors (blowhards in my opinion) will tell you that even Nietzsche could rarely offer up a solution to his lamentations, but rather identifies the problems and then proceeds to philosophize his way around them regarding their origin, meaning, or impact.
Yes conversations and debate are fantastic. I personally have no use for philosophy. Give me science, math and the inquisitive mind that searches for an answer rather than silly pointless questions that cannot and never will be answered with one universal decision.
Just my 2cents of course. Those who enjoy such fruitless endeavors -- do partake and have fun. My motto as always - to each his own."
You got-and proved-my point very well. A bit of Russell in the morning:
HAVING now come to the end of our brief and very incomplete review of the problems of philosophy, it will be well to consider, in conclusion, what is the value of philosophy and why it ought to be studied. It is the more necessary to consider this question, in view of the fact that many men, under the influence of science or of practical affairs, are inclined to doubt whether philosophy is anything better than innocent but useless trifling, hair-splitting distinctions, and controversies on matters concerning which knowledge is impossible.
And it is, I think, worth reading on there:
http://www.skepdic.com/russell.html
Even most Philosophy professors (blowhards in my opinion) will tell you that even Nietzsche could rarely offer up a solution to his lamentations, but rather identifies the problems and then proceeds to philosophize his way around them regarding their origin, meaning, or impact.
Yes conversations and debate are fantastic. I personally have no use for philosophy. Give me science, math and the inquisitive mind that searches for an answer rather than silly pointless questions that cannot and never will be answered with one universal decision.
Just my 2cents of course. Those who enjoy such fruitless endeavors -- do partake and have fun. My motto as always - to each his own."
You got-and proved-my point very well. A bit of Russell in the morning:
HAVING now come to the end of our brief and very incomplete review of the problems of philosophy, it will be well to consider, in conclusion, what is the value of philosophy and why it ought to be studied. It is the more necessary to consider this question, in view of the fact that many men, under the influence of science or of practical affairs, are inclined to doubt whether philosophy is anything better than innocent but useless trifling, hair-splitting distinctions, and controversies on matters concerning which knowledge is impossible.
And it is, I think, worth reading on there:
http://www.skepdic.com/russell.html
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