do you think philpsophy can be stupid??

Question

some things about philosophy i think are pretty rediculous. like doubting yours or anybody elses existence.

for example, alot of people will answer questions or say things like "life is an illusion of our nonexistent minds". and then act like what they just said was incredibly deep and thought provoking. when in reality it makes no sense at all and is nothing more then a pseuodo philisophical statement to make they speaker seem smart.

i also think it tries to disprove science. and alot of philsosophesr say "science assumes there is a reality". which is also rediculous. science is of course a type of philosophy but it is a factual one, and to desregard it is wrong.

and another thing is that philosophy gets so caught up in its own language trying to prove that we exist that in the end of the arguement they are exactly when they started. there like dogs chasing there own tails, when you can ask any 5 year old and they will have a more logical answer.

I do however think that philosophy is great when it comes to creating theories about the unkonwn and creating ideas and opinions on other things that we can never realy have the answers to. would you agree?

Answer 1

There's a lot in this question, so here goes:
I don't think philosophy can be stupid, as I define stupid as the opposite of thinking - while philosophy is thinking almost too much! It can be ridiculous though, as you said, like how 5 yr-olds have more logical answers.

Philosophy doesn't try to disprove science, but it does doubt science (as it systematically doubts everything else). And no, it isn't wrong to disregard science - there isn't any absolute proof that science is right. You can even think of many situations where science was wrong (like when all the scientists believed that the world was the center of the universe).

Philosophy does get caught up in its own language, that's one of the bad things about it. But as you said, it's strong point is "creating theories about the unknown and creating ideas and opinions on other things that we can never really have the answers to".

Answer 2

Philosophy is the study of nature and meaning of the universe and of human life .
So naturally philosophy has numerous faces . It will be like a mirror which reflects what is in front of it .
It creates different meanings at different time .
But surely philosophy is not stupid .