RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 28, 2022 at 1:50 pm
(February 28, 2022 at 9:22 am)Belacqua Wrote: Ethics and aesthetics are, among other things, methods of knowing oneself.
"Know yourself" is, famously, good advice.
But knowledge of oneself, of this type, is not scientific knowledge. It is not empirical, quantifiable, or repeatable by distant researchers. It is also more than mere opinion.
Knowing everything there is to know about physics while NOT knowing oneself would be a poor choice of values.
Can you clarify this point further? Specifically, how ethics and aesthetics are methods of knowing oneself. But more broadly, how you would apply this argument with a branch of science like psychology as opposed to physics?
