2007-09-26 02:24:08 · 17 answers · asked by Calchas 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
by taken seriously, I'm taking that among your peers and social circle people who laugh at your idea of wanting to be a philosopher.
Just publish a philosophical book with your own unique views and ideas. If no one in the world can find flaws with your book or no way of disproving them, congratulations. You are now the proud contributer to the history of philosophy.
2007-09-26 03:43:26 · answer #1 · answered by moving'still 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to Oz
Get a brain from the Wizard.
Seriously though. A philosopher seeks knowledge or truth. If you are seeking respect, you aren't a philosopher.
If you're looking for fans, Philosophy is the wrong game.
Even in fan supported games, the greats will tell you admiration of the fans comes from having your head in the game.
2007-09-26 10:35:47 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix Quill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you ask such questions as: whether Bacon was correct that the study of philosophy should lead to practical improvements in peoples lives, or is pure philosophic debate a higher form of existence, as the Ancients believed?
2007-09-26 09:30:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mainstream, academic route will get you somewhere in your lifetime, but to be taken seriously in posterity you will need to be brilliant and independent. That kind of philosophers is hard to come by in the academic world.
2007-09-26 09:35:51 · answer #4 · answered by eric_rae 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Philosophize intelligently.
2007-09-26 09:27:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to do something. Live your philosophies don’t just think them. You have to be an embodiment of your beliefs. People are always looking for roll models. If your actions are really all that, your philosophies will be taken seriously by some.
2007-09-26 11:09:52 · answer #6 · answered by grey_worms 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get off here for a start.
Then take a degree in philosophy and learn how do it properly.
Then try to find a job as a philosopher (good luck with that one!)
2007-09-26 09:51:05 · answer #7 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No one takes philosophers seriously! They're so impractical.
2007-09-26 09:32:01 · answer #8 · answered by 2bzy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do you need to be taken seriously? Why would it matter?
2007-09-26 09:29:57 · answer #9 · answered by ohioan_femme 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you want to progress in every science especially philosophy , after you have read any topic then try write what you have learned.
2007-09-26 09:36:15 · answer #10 · answered by eshaghi_2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋