RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 12, 2022 at 10:26 pm
(February 12, 2022 at 9:43 pm)Belacqua Wrote:Mostly the self-knowledge that we don't have many answers.(February 12, 2022 at 9:35 pm)polymath257 Wrote: Philosophy is wonderful to discuss with friends over drinks (Symposium, anyone?) but is rather useless as a source of knowledge.
That depends on how you define "knowledge."
It's wonderful as a source for certain kinds of knowledge.
From what I have seen, philosophy is very good at asking interesting questions that make us pause. That is a good thing.
But it is very bad at actually answering those questions.
And it is worst when it clings to old answers and claims they are the only possible answers.