RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 13, 2022 at 12:22 pm
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2022 at 12:37 pm by polymath257.)
(February 13, 2022 at 12:03 am)Belacqua Wrote:(February 12, 2022 at 10:26 pm)polymath257 Wrote: Mostly the self-knowledge that we don't have many answers.
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.
You've shifted the topic now, from "knowledge" to "answers." These are not necessarily the same.
I can understand that in your value system and ideology, "knowledge" would equal an answer you find satisfactorily persuasive. But that isn't necessarily what philosophy is attempting to provide.
Philosophy doesn't run by the same rules as your preferred subjects.
To a good first approximation, knowledge is justified true belief. Beliefs are statements.
You said philosophy is a source for certain kinds of knowledge. Can you give an example?
