While I respect Science...(GROAN) I was wondering if Philosophy would be good for us, since we are in the "Beginning stages of the Future(?) Maybe bettering ourselves, sharpening our minds on subjects that are current and, well, Ancient. And maybe even open new doors. They say there are things yet to be discovered, and I have asked the question, does the mind evolve? Or expand as the world around us changes? We seem primitive in our nature, eager for sometime fresh. But could it be possible that with all our looking, that all we had to do was look at our foundations from the past? I would like to start a "Conversation" on this. I mean, it is Philosophy. Yeah?
2007-03-09 17:06:12 · 7 answers · asked by Da Mick 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Absolutely, I think philosophy would be good for us. The problem is, I think most people, in the U.S., anyway, are too intellectually lazy to take on the challenge and discipline required by the serious business of philosophy. Most people I talk to hated philosophy courses in college because "it's just a bunch of round-and-round, circular thinking and nothing ever gets resolved." They fail to understand, or even recognize, the development that occurs in the mind (and, I say, heart) during that round-and-round process. It is anything but fruitless!
Philosophy would add so much depth and breadth to the barren wasteland of the U.S.'s superficial, immediate gratification culture. Too bad it'll take a miracle for such a trend to take off.
2007-03-09 17:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not everyone has a mind that can wrap around a philosophical thought. And that is part of the variety of human brain power. If we were all like-minded the world would get no where.
As for do our minds evolve? I assume you mean from one generation from the next.........well, yeah in a way humans adapt in many ways to environment and different parts of the brain are needed for one thing or another and over time a characteristics develop es in groups of people. I don't think that we as human started at zero and are now at a point of brain power and will in the future develop a grander power of brain matter just becasue of our evalution. That wouild be too limiting in the different geniouses of each era.
The past is not what we look for......that is my personal opinion. My opinion is that too many people don't look to the past and learn.
Our philosphical minds arn't just nuture they are also nature.
Concerning the better phase of the future......nah. If we depended on the past to make our today and our future to make tomorrows we would totally miss out on today.
There is so much left to be discovered. Much that I think won't be known to us until we are in the spiritual realm.
We are much too limited by our humaness.
Not long ago people thought the earth was flat. And even more resent scientists found out that the atmosphere of some distant planets don't have H2O components as thought. This totally throws off many scientific theories.
Nothing is really an exact science. We might think 2 + 2 = 4
But, maybe somewhere else in a different time and space that which we know as certian is nothing more than a simple assumption quickly put to test when the full truth of the universe is known.
2007-03-10 01:27:52 · answer #2 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just checked its definition to be able to answer more correctly: "the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct."
Philosophy may at times be a waste of time if done for the wrong purpose. Some people who love to philosophize have forgotten the "rational investigation" part and just like to argue for the arguments sake - with these there may be no meeting of minds, it becomes nothing but contention.
However, when philosophizing by oneself or with others about a subject using "rational investigation" one may suddenly experience an epiphany or several in regard to the point being philosophized.
This has happened personally to me a few times and feels extremely fulfilling.
2007-03-10 02:23:59 · answer #3 · answered by Fuzzy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moment you ask a question it is already philisophy. You wonder about things, about people, about yourself. Yes of course philosophy can make us better. It's where all human knowledge came from. We ask because we want to learn. When we learn we become better. Life is full of lessons, most of which are hard to undestand. But I trust God, I know from experience that He will never put me through anything I could not handle. Always there will be someone there to help us out as long as we ask for it. I learned this all from my Bestfriend, hopefully I can return all the good he has done for me.
2007-03-10 01:52:25 · answer #4 · answered by chard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't think its good for everyone. It can send some people off on a personal tangent, questioning everything, until one day you wonder what is the point in even living - and want to die. Yeah, its good and all that, but sometimes it just harmful.
2007-03-10 05:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by lady26 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To some extent it can help us be "better" people but we are still fighting against human biology.
2007-03-10 01:18:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is good for us...Check your spelling...
2007-03-10 01:43:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋