RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 24, 2022 at 1:01 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2022 at 1:07 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You also didn't define the word define, but that's not really an issue is it?
Every action, as I've repeatedly acknowledged... and as was mentioned by others at the very beginning of the thread... isn't a philosophical action - but constructing a value system and acting on that value system - even if it's perpetually under construction and subject to revision, is doing philosophy. "I'm going to buy cheese" isn't philosophy, and isn't premised on any philosophy. "I'm going to buy sustainable, cruelty free, organic, locally sourced cheese" is..and explicitly so.
Would people come around to that if there were no movement, if there were no under-riding philosophy that they've been made aware of and find compelling? IDK, maybe, but we didn't. I don't think that you should take the suggestion that you do philosophy as some sort of insult or plot to get you to do or believe any particular thing - and I have no idea what god has to do with anything we've been discussing. I'm noticing that it is your cup of tea in the same way that it's all of our cups of tea and that you do have a philosophy, that you do actually apply that philosophy as a demonstration of it's practicality to you. May as well say that breathing isn't our cup of tea. Maybe not, but we do it all the same, and alot, and to/for noticeable effect.
Every action, as I've repeatedly acknowledged... and as was mentioned by others at the very beginning of the thread... isn't a philosophical action - but constructing a value system and acting on that value system - even if it's perpetually under construction and subject to revision, is doing philosophy. "I'm going to buy cheese" isn't philosophy, and isn't premised on any philosophy. "I'm going to buy sustainable, cruelty free, organic, locally sourced cheese" is..and explicitly so.
Would people come around to that if there were no movement, if there were no under-riding philosophy that they've been made aware of and find compelling? IDK, maybe, but we didn't. I don't think that you should take the suggestion that you do philosophy as some sort of insult or plot to get you to do or believe any particular thing - and I have no idea what god has to do with anything we've been discussing. I'm noticing that it is your cup of tea in the same way that it's all of our cups of tea and that you do have a philosophy, that you do actually apply that philosophy as a demonstration of it's practicality to you. May as well say that breathing isn't our cup of tea. Maybe not, but we do it all the same, and alot, and to/for noticeable effect.
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