RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 24, 2022 at 6:42 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2022 at 6:43 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(February 24, 2022 at 10:29 am)polymath257 Wrote: The point is that not all organized thinking counts as philosophy. And not all organized thinking arises from philosophy.
I agree with this.
There's a famous paper in psychology by Tulving on episodic memory. And, in defining episodic memory, he said something simple that shaped my thinking ever since: That useful definitions not only make it very clear what a thing is but also what a thing is not.
A few members already gave definitions of philosophy. But perhaps it's more useful now to explain what philosophy isn't, and what it excludes.