(February 20, 2015 at 8:00 pm)Nestor Wrote: I think you might credit philosophy more if you acknowledged that science attempts to make sense of the world we experience whereas philosophy attempts to make sense of the world as it is.
Philosophy is not complete like scientific method is, and even science constantly adapts to changing data.
The problem with the word "philosophy" itself is that unfortunately anything can be a "philosophy", from economic views( which compete and the different followers can become dogmatic and fight over them). Religion also does the same thing.
Our pattern seeking and grouping is evolutionary, that part will not go away. Our diversity also will not go away. But again, the most pragmatic thing humans can do to be more civil is to put our common problems that overlap first, and shift our priorities to that rather than our personal patterns we create clubs we call nations and economic views and religions.
Not saying we have to be emotionless robots, but our tribalism is simply way to divisive especially now that our entire planet is being affected by our actions.
We have to be a planet of problem solvers, not a planet full of competing gangs. There is no more room to conquest, the world is much smaller. The more humans who understand Sagan's Pale Blue Dot speech, and the more we accept we are the same species, the more civil and manageable the world can be.
