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What is Philosphy
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 What is Philosphy
April 9, 2012 at 1:15 am
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2012 at 1:19 am by WhatIfGodWasJustAMyth.)
What is philosphy really. Its like saying somthing is "cool," who made it up and why do we need it?
Atheism is a non-prophet organisation. - A dusty old book that I found that must be completely true because someone wrote it down.
It's just the name we assign to introspection and the consideration of moral, ethical, and paradoxical matters. We "need" it because without it morality would be a lot harder to figure out. For example, is inaction another form of action in a do-or-die scenario like the classic "a train is speeding towards ten people" scenario? Philosophy is a name we give to the consideration and contemplation of this.
For the record, I consider inaction to be equivalent to simply another type of action assuming you have the capacity to act without any fear of consequences for yourself. 
"You could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an answer" - Richard Dawkins
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside? The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm   RE: What is Philosphy
April 9, 2012 at 9:52 am
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2012 at 9:52 am by FallentoReason.)
(April 9, 2012 at 1:15 am)WhatIfGodWasJustAMyth Wrote: What is philosphy really. Its like saying somthing is "cool," who made it up and why do we need it? It's the 'study of reason'. I think it develops reasoning skills through studying it though.. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
Philosophy literally means "love of knowledge". It came to be in the way that we understand it through the greeks. It is the premise that one can arrive at truth through the process of thinking. Rationality and logic would be the operative principle informing this search. It is particularly valuable for those who do not believe in god because I see philosophy as the inevitable counterpart to religion.
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything." -Friedrich Nietzsche
"All thinking men are atheists." -Ernest Hemmingway "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire |
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