2007-03-03 19:32:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Self-reflexive ones!
2007-03-03 19:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ones that are phrased in such a way that they share a common assumption that goes unquestioned. they're typically in the form of false dillemas.
For example, the free will versus determinism debates typically assume a certain essentialist idea of what thing are that is phenomenologically unteneable, but within the context of the debate there's no room to 'revise' what freedom and determinism and 'the self' are, rather, they're assumed to be a certain way and then we go and try to figure out which one is correct.
Another example would be internalism vs externalism in analytic philosophy.
That's the real danger, that the question is phrased in such a way that it points you in the wrong direction conceptually from the very beginning. To me those questions are a million times worse than naiive philosophical questions such as 'what does it all mean' because the latter inquiry is at least the beginning of a search, whereas the former starts in a false position that makes the rest of the search futile.
2007-03-04 03:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by Kos Kesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Questions that convolute the ideas of religion with those of philosophy. A good philosophical question should be asked within the framework of either a philosophical line of thinking i.e. dialectical materialism, or based on the thinking of a specific philosopher. The bad questions take common assumptions (cliches even) and make weak extrapolations.
2007-03-04 05:03:00 · answer #3 · answered by jack jagger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sometimes think of the philosophical implications
and in-depth meanings of that which happened when
I was a boy.
A girl kissed me.
And I did not know what to do!
2007-03-04 05:54:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cliche's.
Of course it is a bit of a puzzler how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
2007-03-04 03:40:44 · answer #5 · answered by mina_lumina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess the toughest ones to answer.
They may remain forever unanswerable.
2007-03-04 10:57:04 · answer #6 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stoner nonsense disguised as philosophy.
2007-03-04 03:36:19 · answer #7 · answered by King Rao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the meaning of life?
I'm entirely sick of this question. This is something you ask yourself, not another person. Universally, it can't be answered.
2007-03-04 03:41:24 · answer #8 · answered by bezi_cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ones I end up trying to answer
2007-03-04 04:05:29 · answer #9 · answered by BANANA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pseudo-intellectual nonsensical ones, such as...
"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
2007-03-04 04:30:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋