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2007-01-26 19:30:50 · 2 answers · asked by shosha 1 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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People are born into a languange and world that they discover by learning the customs necessary to be a member of their community. What is 'common sense' today, was not so centuries prior. In this sense, in order to be a person and maneuver in a social environment, a person must form some basic attitudes, concepts, or background beliefs. And these are greatly influenced by the institutions of knowledge: philosophy, science, religion.

What is inherent to humans is our capacity to think in a language; our reason, our ability to reflect on symbols and categories we construct in order to predict better outcomes for ourselves may be inherently philosophical, IF humans are also lead to wisdom by the same nature. We SEEM to depend on our desires, to have a sure relationship to goals and form intentions on the basis of our biology. Altogether, if reason brings us closer to attaining these goals, and both reason and end-directedness is natural to all humans, then it is very likely that philosophy too is inherent.

But 'philosophy' has many meanings, and to characterize it so broadly as a concept-honing discipline is without justification. As it is, philosophy MAY NOT be inherent to humans IF one construes it as analysis, critique, or deconstruction: for the very possibility of living on Earth requires we hold true our beliefs, even though they may be philosophically untenable.

Philosophy in the radical sense is never satisfied with our understanding, nor the foundations that rest upon it. And to make judgments from no firm footing puts the anti-foundationalist ill-at-ease. PHOBOSOPHY is the new tradition, no longer are we friends to wisdom with great optomism reaching for eternal Truth. We know much better!

2007-01-27 08:09:44 · answer #1 · answered by -.- 3 · 0 0

a monkey with his hand in a jar wrapped around an apple
... that it's not,?
... that he's fishing ants out of a hole with a straw and spit while he figures it out.

Ob1

2007-01-30 22:12:36 · answer #2 · answered by old_brain 5 · 0 0

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