2007-02-17 14:11:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
That's just the way it is....lalalala
now you keep singing!0!
2007-02-18 06:30:17 · answer #1 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because humans are curious little creatures. We will always try to explore the unknown... the reasons varying from fear to fascination. A historical exampe of this is Orientalism. Or giving feminine penetrability to the unknown parts of the world. We want to know more about it, but we put basic assumptions on it. For example, "the wisdom of the east." How is it that the west has continuousely advanced but the east has retained its "ancient" wisdom. That is orientalism. By applying orientalism to your question of Why we question, we can see that we do have an undying curiosity of the unknown, but that we also put basic assumptions on the unknown.
We question, and that is why we ask why, but the answers will come for an unlimited time, and that will spawn more questions, and orientalism will thrive because as we ask more why's, there will be more unknowns.
2007-02-17 22:26:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, most simply, a person makes a statement. This statement puzzles the person hearing it and they then say the last word you wrote above. But you really need that prior statement to give the answer to your question about "why". You didn't supply the statement - so I will.
"The sky is blue."
"Why"
"Because the atmosphere during most of the day absorbs the red end on the color spectrum of light coming to us from the Sun. For that reason the sky is tinted blue"
2007-02-17 22:53:32 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When some thing happens, three questions arise - what,
how and why.
You will get an answer to the first question within a
short period of time. It is physical in nature.
You have to spend more time to answer the second
question. It is mental in nature.
Different persons may give different answers for the
third question. But you will never get a true answer
for it - it is philosophical in nature.
2007-02-18 06:04:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, there is no answer to the question "WHY?"
It is the first real question a child asks. It is not only seeking reasons for actions and facts, but also questioning the authority of parents and teachers. It is the first and most important question of philosophy.
And the answer to "Why?" cannot be satisfactory if it is "Because",....or "Because I said so ! " That might be fine for parents of small children, but it is not satisfactory when used by authoritarians.
2007-02-17 23:28:49 · answer #5 · answered by JOHN B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You answered the question with the question...
WHAT IS the answer to WHY! lol
Ok, why is broad spectrum as it relates to what is being chosen to ask WHY about. Why is 'because' mostly ... WHY? because we adults don't always have the answers to the why's of life.
2007-02-21 20:12:49 · answer #6 · answered by missellie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the same as the answer to what, when, where, and who... just different for each person.
2007-02-17 23:35:22 · answer #7 · answered by aintnobeans 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is the continuum,like a strand of genetic codes,with all the twist and turns until the next logical question, where, for what etc..
2007-02-17 23:11:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was a kid, the answer my parents always gave was..."because why" lol
2007-02-17 23:29:39 · answer #9 · answered by repugnant 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not?
2007-02-17 22:13:15 · answer #10 · answered by Omni D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋