2006-07-15 06:50:52 · 4 answers · asked by Tellie 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Not at all !
Philosophers are out loud thinkers, not critics...
2006-07-15 07:17:26 · answer #1 · answered by Lionel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me a critic is someone who finds fault and deals in censure. Like a movie critic. A philosopher is dealing more in an analytical science, developing ideas on people and the world around them. They usually look at all points of views and evidence. Just like any person they may not be always correct, but knowledge study and training gives them a tremendously good foundation for their criticism's, or logical analysis.
2006-07-15 14:12:37 · answer #2 · answered by laughsall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy is several things: - asking reasonable questions, giving reasonable answers, offering reasonable criticisms of answers (and of questions), making reasonable revisions of answers (and of questions), or discovering new questions.
So, philsosophy in general is necessarily critical, but an example of philosophy might not be critical, it might just offer a reasonable answer to a reasonable question.
2006-07-15 21:31:37 · answer #3 · answered by brucebirdfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can't see the problems with a line of reasoning, then you can just assume the "truth" and prove tautologies.
If you're only ever skeptical of arguments, you're gonna refute your reasons and get lost in a quagmire while others dominate.
I don't believe it's a balance.
More likely it's a war.
2006-07-15 14:52:26 · answer #4 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋