Are some people askers, and some answerers? Or is a question and an answer two ways of looking at the same thing?
2006-07-19 19:29:48 · 13 answers · asked by Chris 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Both. Those who asked will eventually have the answer and have the answer for those who will ask. Those who asked a good questions will eventually have a good answer for those that will ask the same good quiestion. Catch my drift?
2006-07-19 19:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by John 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Philosophy is a tool developed to teach people to think for themselves. A philosoph would probably ask you what a "good" question or a "good" answer really is, but each is a matter of pride. Really there are just questions and answers. Those who ask the most questions will receive the most answers, whether it be from someone else or on their own accord. However, the more questions one asks, the more questions one finds that need answers. Such is the nature of philosophy.
I got a B- in Philosophy, lol.
2006-07-19 19:39:36 · answer #2 · answered by lucid_anomaly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no 'good' answers, there are no 'bad' answers, for those who are informed about philosophical questions.
There are just very few definitive answers.
There are, however, a plethora of questions, some good, some bad.
The philosopher sorts out the good questions and attempts to provide a possible answer. The rest of the questions can be ignored as frivolous or irrational.
So, philosophy really is the art of asking the right and good questions.
2006-07-20 19:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by tlc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy, broken down into its Greek roots, translates to essentially "love of wisdom". A wise person will always have more questions than answers.
2006-07-19 19:36:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. Difference between a wise man and a fool is a fool knows everything, but the wise dude knows he knows nothing..
So the questioning is the key.
2006-07-19 19:39:12 · answer #5 · answered by Just Ask 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It needs to be both way. Without a good question, there is no good answer.
2006-07-19 19:56:29 · answer #6 · answered by latterviews 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would be both.
to ask a question you would have thought of an answer of your own based on your own question.
and then you would phrase the question such that it would be an answer to some, a question to some.
but either way you would already have an own answer, and the question from it.
2006-07-19 19:35:44 · answer #7 · answered by this_is_a_bomb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the art of giving a question in an answer, and giving an answer in a question...
2006-07-19 19:35:05 · answer #8 · answered by oribyte 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dialectic reasoning that develops the synthesis between the two.
2006-07-19 19:33:47 · answer #9 · answered by timgsweet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the art of asking
2006-07-20 03:37:24 · answer #10 · answered by thinking man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋