I have to say, the one that comes to mind is -NON BEING.
How many forest fires didn't happen today. Now, you can get your teeth into that;-)
2007-01-31 19:01:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Hi LS,
Yep, your answer has really provoked some thought this morning.
Thank you for answering, all the way from America, Quick trip, Eh?...
2007-01-31 19:47:30 · update #1
Hi, The oak,
You got me thinking. That's the thing about philosophy, it keeps the mind busy;-)
2007-01-31 19:51:10 · update #2
Hi lulu,
I remember attending a debate, and and an object was placed in front of us. We were asked to prove it was there. I had the temptation to pick it up and throw it out the plate glass window. Then say, well, it's not there now!
Thanks your answer made me smile, and remember why I chose to study Philosophy, the journey never ends...
2007-01-31 19:59:58 · update #3
Hello silly gorbie.
I was asked this only the other day.
I suppose we can't, but we believe it to be there because of the what we see around the emptiness.
Now, this is just as well, because workmen have dug huge great holes all along our lane. If I couldn't see the holes were there, I'd be in serious trouble.
However, if a workman tells me to mind the hole, I shall now be tempted to say, what hole? ;-)
Thank you for your answer...
2007-01-31 20:13:17 · update #4
EATING HUMBLE PIE...
Oh gosh, sorry, I shouldn't place questions early in the morning before I go off to work.
Two question marks, and no T on thought.
Well, this is philosophy, you are suppose to be puzzled. I am helping you to stay that way;-)
Cassandra
2007-01-31 23:19:02 · update #5
Hi LS,
I gave you the thumbs up, because one can take your remark as a put down, or a compliment, I chose the latter;-]
Philosophy is great, you can turn it round and come up with a different answer each time in the search for truth.
2007-01-31 23:28:30 · update #6
Hi los,
Yes, that is why I felt strange this morning.
I'm warm to the touch, It jolly well hurts if I pinch myself. Then this female thought she'd waste her time detangling a mass of waist length hair.
Put on a knock em dead outfit.
All for nothing***##*
The metaphysical problem concerning exsistence, is why anything should exist at all. Why there should be something, rather than nothing.
As long as I feel real, I'm happy.
That won't stop me tossing it all round in my brain though...
Thank you for answering
2007-01-31 23:55:42 · update #7
Yep! Lula,
Isn't it wonderful, that must be why yahoo set up an answer site. We can't stop asking questions.
Sure beats Big Brother from what I hear of it...
Having said that, perhaps after philosophy, we need to collapse on the sofa and fill our grey matter with trivial things;-[
Thanks for your answer
2007-02-01 00:06:34 · update #8
theres two of them actually. the first being "what is the meaning of life?" the second is this scenario where a chair is placed in front of you and you are asked "prove to me that this chair is not here" this is the point at which your answer should be - "what chair"
2007-01-31 19:15:49 · answer #1 · answered by lulu 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm often amused by the Kantian and Wittgenstenian notion that beyond a certain level there is no possibility of answering questions that we are nonetheless bound to ask. It amuses me because it ultimately negates all philosophical endeavour and yet has to come from philosophy. AND it didn't stop either of them from trying to answer those questions anyway.
2007-01-31 23:47:45 · answer #2 · answered by Foot Foot 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A solipsist is someone who believes that life is simply a figment of their imagination—that their mind is the only thing that really exists.
On this topic, Bertrand Russell said, "I once received a letter from an eminent logician, Mrs. Christine Ladd Franklin, saying that she was a solipsist, and was surprised that there were no others. Coming from a logician and a solipsist, her surprise surprised me."
2007-01-31 20:14:26 · answer #3 · answered by an_arbitrary_name 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why? or the thought that everything is happening here and now that rome is infact still burning on the same site it burned before but that we cannot see it.
2007-01-31 19:24:59 · answer #4 · answered by Natashya K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why entropy?
In wave theory, how does something travel faster than light?
What is the answer to the "two-hole" (a.k.a. "two-slot") problem?
What is the answer to Kant's "problem of induction"? (No points if your answer is the same as Karl Popper's)
2007-01-31 19:14:54 · answer #5 · answered by LEE I 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good point.
My problem is with existentialism. Existentialism could only work if we could choose our own thoughts. But as they are PRE-DETERMINED by neurological and sensory stimulus, we are no more morally or socially culpable than a computer is.
Unfortunately, not much of a laugh I'm afraid.
2007-01-31 19:09:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
That time is an illusion created by man, and doesn't exist.
2007-01-31 20:45:50 · answer #7 · answered by dark_rose287 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The really amusing thing is that you don't even exist.
2007-01-31 21:14:04 · answer #8 · answered by los 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can you see a hole?
2007-01-31 19:11:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
questions like these
2007-01-31 19:08:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋