"There is no door closed to an open mind". Do you agree? Why?
2006-07-14 17:32:43 · 14 answers · asked by Polly 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I agree an open minded person is a person who is open to new things i used to be close minded...im open minded now
2006-07-14 17:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Disagree completely. The whole point of being able to think, rationalize, and philosophize is to come eventually to a conclusion. As you journey down that path and come closer and closer to the truth, doors must close.
Chesterton famously wrote, "The point of an open mind, like that of an open mouth, is to close it on something solid."
If we are to speak of an open mind, we either should take it negatively as "A mind that has not yet been educated" or positively as "a mind that is freed from falsehood".
2006-07-14 18:36:00 · answer #2 · answered by Liet Kynes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This forum.
Free-thinking has its boundaries, vis. lack of proof, metaphor, power, certainty, justification. The historicity and ideology of free-thinking is the liberal ethic, the bourgeois one as well. What do we think about seriously? Whatever is practical-- that which has no seeming application, which is outside the exigent, escapes us.
An 'open mind" will question the whole paradigm. Every belief. Every given. And even their questioning or methodology, there is nothing free from criticism.
If you define "what is reasonable" in advance-- as we all do at some time, or infer it normatively-- then you will just be proving what you assume... tautologies. An open mind questions reason, truth, category-- the whole thing. Of course you need beliefs and perspectives, but dogmatism is truly the opposite of free-thinking.
2006-07-14 17:48:14 · answer #3 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I agree.... an open minded person is someone who's ready to try anything or does not have any problems with anyone's opinions.
2006-07-14 17:36:32 · answer #4 · answered by Bliss. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will disagree with several of the previous posters. Having an open mind does not mean you have no biases. Nor does it mean you are willing to consider all arguments.
It means you are willing to consider all REASONABLE arguments, and are willing to change your position if new evidence suggests your previous position was wrong.
I can reject /ouright ignore arguments from faith/revelation and maintain an open mind, because these types of arguments have not been demonstrated to be reasonable, but rather, are easily shown to be unreasonable.
2006-07-14 18:53:32 · answer #5 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. A person with an open mind is not afraid of the unknown or of strangers. They tend to think of life as an open forum with different cultures and different ideas. Their main goal in life is to acquire knowledge without prejudices or judgements and pre-conceived notions.
2006-07-14 17:38:11 · answer #6 · answered by crazyhumans2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If you opened your mind to other ways of thinking and concepts, you will not be too stubborn and blind. You will be able to see the whole truth and not what you alone perceive as being true.
You have to look at everything from every perspective to find the answers.
2006-07-14 18:21:18 · answer #7 · answered by ♥LostHeart♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i do agree because if u can say what is on your mind then no door can stand in your way!
2006-07-14 19:20:11 · answer #8 · answered by chrissy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An open mind is an inquisitive one.
2006-07-14 19:26:38 · answer #9 · answered by Oracle at Delphi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAVING AN OPEN MIND MEANS BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY AND CONSIDERING IT, NOT JUST TO THINK THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. IT IS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE YOUR VIEWS AND YOUR BELIEFS.
2006-07-15 12:16:43 · answer #10 · answered by cutelea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋