Can a creative brain ever get to grips with philosophy?

Question

I am a creative person but I am finding philosophy hard to grasp, also it seems to be constantly floating around my brain and I can't not think about it even though I am struggling to completely understand it. Writing things down is even harder as what I do understand gets lost during the action of writing.

Answer 1

i think the word creative is misconstrued among general public. the word is mostly attached to artists, dancers entertainers etc yet some of the 'dry' fields like mathematics and logical philosophy contains some of the greatest creative mind in history. remember being creative means to think laterally...and thus anyone can be creative. the soccer mom who comes up with a new recipe, the bank accountant who devises a new computational method, or a philologist who invents a new language or decodes one, or even a teenager who has to find a 'lie' to tell her parents why she was so late can all be creative. also it might amuse you to know that Bertrand Russell, who authored Principia Mathematica, containign some of the most paintstaking, rigorous proofs, was also a Nobel laureate in... Literature.

Answer 2

Of course, you must have a creative brain to "imagine" all the logical and illogical ideas that are the basis for most theories.
Its the logical "Mr Spock" type that enjoy the dissolving or validating those same ideas.

So yes, creative minds can accept philosophy, yet not always "understand" the workings of it.

Answer 3

Creative thinkers, to me, make excellent philosophers.

Creativity is needed in order to question what humans accept as true. Creativity is also needed to think up a second explaination for what humans believe is right.

Use your creativity to your advantage. If you cannot write what you are thinking, do something else creative to express it. Paint a picture, make a collage, or draw something that expresses the feelings and thoughts jumbled in your brain.

Sometimes I find that if I try and draw something to express myself, I can then look upon that drawing, and write about THE DRAWING instead of what I'm thinking. Sometimes paper and pencil (or paint and canvas; scissors and magazine pictures) are the mediums for thought. Try it out.

Answer 4

Yes it can but that would be a waste, in my opinion.

Philosophy is rooted in what is and, to a certain extent, in what can be.

Creativity doesn't bother with those details. It imagines something and then goes ahead and makes it possible.

I can just imagine philosophers telling the Orville brothers that human flight is not philosophically possible or telling Watt that steam is only good for opening envelopes.

In behavioural aspects, though, philosophy is fascinating.

Answer 5

Here's a thought.

Scientists examined the ordinary bumble bee, and discovered that, due to the way it's put together, its aerodynamics, its body to wing ratio, according to the laws of physics, it shouldn't be able to fly.

However, the bumble bee itself doesn't know that, and isn't bothered anyway.

However you choose to apply this to philosophy and creativity is your own affair.

Answer 6

Philosophy was created by those who sought to be alone. Unless your are interested in making the same choice, the nature of the discipline will beyond the grasp and patience of many.

Answer 7

Of course. It was creative brains that concieved of philosophy in the first place.

Answer 8

One tends to be creative prior to the realization of ones strange ability to be philosophical, its that great thinking and dedication to detail that makes for a great thinker.

Answer 9

creative brains can probably learn logic and how to make valid arguments. why not?