RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 22, 2022 at 9:14 pm
(This post was last modified: February 22, 2022 at 9:23 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Another one of those times where I'm not sure what to do with something. Do you not have ideas about what kind of chair you want to make , what you think it should be made of, and how you should go about actually manufacturing it? Can you see no practical value to your life, and your desire to make a chair, to these items? Or is it that these ideas you do have about chairs are taken for granted as obvious and arising from nothing? Do you take whatever ideas those are, whatever they are, as completely obvious and self apparent?
Pat yourself on the back? You've thought about these things, ideas that come from somewhere or exist in your mind because of some momentum, and chalk it up to philosophy by osmosis?
Meanwhile, that body of thought isn't just limited to chairs. It's been used to explain and predict abuse in families. Differential development in children. The evolution of human society both historically and in the present. Agricultural enterprise. A veritable cornucopia of things immanently relevant to you, your life, and the organization of your society. One day, his work will be the actual explanation for what will be either the predominant religion in society or a significant undercurrent of every extant (and differential) value system. Didn't even have to know the guy existed or the name for the body of thought - it's already part of your worldview - and for good reason.
Pat yourself on the back? You've thought about these things, ideas that come from somewhere or exist in your mind because of some momentum, and chalk it up to philosophy by osmosis?
Meanwhile, that body of thought isn't just limited to chairs. It's been used to explain and predict abuse in families. Differential development in children. The evolution of human society both historically and in the present. Agricultural enterprise. A veritable cornucopia of things immanently relevant to you, your life, and the organization of your society. One day, his work will be the actual explanation for what will be either the predominant religion in society or a significant undercurrent of every extant (and differential) value system. Didn't even have to know the guy existed or the name for the body of thought - it's already part of your worldview - and for good reason.
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