Philosophy - January 2007

I've been watching an unhealthy amount of national geographic, science channel and the discovery channel.

what i notice is that there's an obscene amount of assuming being done in the name of fact or "probability".

You've got some dude who figures some dude is buried in some place and it's the worlds right to see his bones and gaze in awe at his treasures in some museum. Then there's the other dudes arguing over what's in the middle of a galaxy, how the universe is made, and are making computer models to prove it, blahblahblah.

So, I guess what I'm asking is if there should be boundaries to what we should know. And then maybe acceptance of what we don't.

Should we strive to find the answer's to all things? Is that our evolution?

Should we dig up that dudes grave to find all those buried secrets and mysteries? Do we really need to know what's at the end of the universe, and how it was made? is it necessary? Or are we just inevitably assuming things and calling them fact or probability?

2007-01-02 18:44:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a formal education in Philosophy, and I find dialogues and philosophic texts fascinating. I'm a tattoo artist, and a musician, and those two outlets have an inexorable link to my education and to the processes of intellect. I have met others who seek to practice in some way, lessons of thought through expression. Do you think that sentiment represents the enevitable path that one must take to satisfy the conflict of thought versus action?

2007-01-02 18:35:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-02 18:34:02 · 13 answers · asked by alexajoan 2

2007-01-02 18:11:13 · 27 answers · asked by X 3

2007-01-02 17:52:45 · 31 answers · asked by X 3

what's the most important belief you have that you will NEVER compromise? thanks! God Bless!

2007-01-02 17:23:38 · 24 answers · asked by aeonflux_012 1

2007-01-02 17:02:48 · 10 answers · asked by Dilruwa 1

2007-01-02 16:58:21 · 13 answers · asked by phantom 1

It is not a rhetorical question; we all have a price no matter how much we do not want to acknowledge it. And I do not mean to offend you, but how much you would give, where would you stop (even at your heart’s expense), what is a POINT OF NO RETURN for you?

2007-01-02 16:53:05 · 22 answers · asked by oksana_rossi 3

and that real life starts . . . right . . . . (hold on . . . ), right . . . . NOW . . . . what did you have dead wrong during your entire practice session, up till the very end?

2007-01-02 16:50:40 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-02 16:49:31 · 4 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1

if like. you start life as an elderly person and gradually become younger

2007-01-02 16:44:12 · 18 answers · asked by radrendezvous 1

i have been struggling with this lately. and it makes me feel uneasy.

is it possible that my reality, and my loved ones dont realy exist and are just all an illusion created by me?? i know this sounds selfish but i need an answer to disprove this.

2007-01-02 16:32:25 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I seem to recall a debate in philosophy or perhaps between to philosophers one who believed that someone only gives because he gets something in return (ie satisfaction, admiration, etc) versus the ability for someone to give, just for the sake of giving, expecting nothing in return and without selfish motive...sound familiar to anyone?

2007-01-02 16:29:53 · 5 answers · asked by Stephanie 2

2007-01-02 16:27:44 · 11 answers · asked by amazon 4

2007-01-02 16:12:23 · 19 answers · asked by yinyangandsomewhereinbetween 1

Philosophically? Theoretically? Would it be possible to fall for someone you even do not know? Would it be an illusion? Would you consider it an illness? Foolishness? Or a trick or mind? Selfishness to satisfy your needs? Loneness despised beyond the means, cry for help or a trick of a very wicked mind?... Or love?...

2007-01-02 16:08:33 · 13 answers · asked by oksana_rossi 3

Can you Imagine this? What if all human race are of the same face or the same in physical appearance?

2007-01-02 15:48:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

:)

2007-01-02 15:36:03 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

what is your tips to be happy without using a lot of money or something hard to reach, or illegal?

2007-01-02 15:33:24 · 14 answers · asked by Gooch 3

please finish the sentence any way you'd like

2007-01-02 15:30:57 · 22 answers · asked by susan 1

if your god you already know what would happen before you even do it? why give humans free will? why have a heaven or hell? why exist?

2007-01-02 15:26:59 · 36 answers · asked by Zoid00 2

to turn your head for no reason to find a clock and see 11:11 before you know its happened, is something thats beyond human explanation.

2007-01-02 15:24:30 · 3 answers · asked by Ken M 2

i thinks its possible

2007-01-02 15:03:26 · 21 answers · asked by Zoid00 2

2007-01-02 15:02:16 · 4 answers · asked by Alina S 1

Do you think that explaining love in terms of biological processes and evolutionary functions strips it of its beauty and meaning? I've heard some say it does. I say that regardless of how love originates or is explained, it's behaviors remain the same, so why not try to fully understand it? What do you think?

2007-01-02 14:56:28 · 8 answers · asked by Subconsciousless 7

There are 6.4 billion people on planet Earth. Earth is only one of infinite planets in the infinite amount of space. It seems as though one individual, in the entire scope of things, really does not matter at all. Moreover, planet Earth itself doesnt seem to matter that much considering the size of the universe. If we are all going to die, and eventually be forgotten, then why do we live? If our actions mean so little, than why do we care so much about them? I have reached my own conclusions, but I am interested to see what others think.

2007-01-02 14:48:03 · 18 answers · asked by John H 3

just a fun philosophy question.

2007-01-02 14:42:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is an article on Yahoo homepage written by a writer who has money, who states money doesn't matter. I wish all those people who say money doesn't matter would have to live without money for a year. I bet they change their tune about money not mattering real fast.

2007-01-02 14:38:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-02 14:27:18 · 13 answers · asked by justOne 2