(December 24, 2011 at 3:11 pm)Epimethean Wrote: LOL. We have in the past complained about rabid theists showing up and shitting about; now, we have been invaded by the "philosopher kings." I am coming to want to call the twain the "phrontisterion."
By the by, philosophy does not answer "why" the world works in any ultimate way.
There is no ultimate answer, the answer is always subjective to the self. We perceive the world, simple as that. If I want to know why I perceive the world the way I do, I must answer the question for myself.
If I want to know how consciousness exists then I can refer to science - which will tell me it is a large number of neurons firing to create a conscious being from a number of non-conscious beings. This does not, and cannot, answer the question of why consciousness exists. It is a subjective answer, which we have to answer to the best of our ability as an individual.
Brevity is the soul of wit.