Do you think the answer lies in the question or the question is really the answer?

Question

If you ask the question you know there has to be an answer, but if You answer the question then it might lead to another question. Don't you think?

I want to major in philosophy so I have lots of questions with answers I'm not sure about. What do you think I should do with all the answers I am thinking are right when they might actually be so wrong?

Answer 1

Answering questions with another question is the best way to gather details. So on your first one, you're definitely right. :)

Philosophy sounds like a good major for you, based on this question. Questions without answers: more research and more questions directed at the right people. Answers without questions: that's easy, invent the questions! Philosophy isn't really about being right or wrong in the traditional sense. You only need to be able to justify your answer. I'm sure you'll do well. Good Luck. :)

Answer 2

Nobody knows what is right and what is wrong. We choose what we know it has worked in the past or imagine the future in order to find a good answer, usually we do both. All the time we give the best answer we can if we take into account our knowledge at that particular moment. There are lots of ways of answering to a question, Yahoo answer proves it. You will always have this experience to find answers that seem better than the answers you had before. Get used to it.
Questions and answers reflect the way we think. Our beliefs are changing because our environment and we are changing all the time. Not knowing all the right answers to all questions won't make you a bad philosopher. Different philosophers seem so right although they have so different oppinions. This doesn't mean that some know the truth and others don't, they just present the reality as they view it, making the best choice they are capable of.

Answer 3

What is wrong with answers leading to more questions? This is how our brains work with our emotions. Humans are naturally curious and so in order to learn, we make mistakes or ask questions. Answers are like beauty in that what is correct and good is in the eye of the beholder. When you go to college, you will find out a whole lot more, but how will you get a job with a Philosophy degree? Will you go on to be a pastor?

Answer 4

It sounds like you have been attending Harvard Law School ( or most other law schools)where they have been using the Socratic method.

Answer 5

You will find your answer in your very question.