What interests you in philosophy?

Question

a friend recently shared that he likes to go to Yahoo Answers in philosophy. There was so much stimuli that I forgot to ask what he hopes to learn or share here.

Answer 1

I used to be a philosophy major in college, but then I discovered that Buddhist meditation is more like applied philosophy. It goes deeper, for example, to actually examine the mind and how it works rather than theorizing about it. Buddhist meditation is also like the science of the mind, and when you meditate, you are as if in a laboratory doing research on how the mind works. Sometimes monks would ask the Buddha questions that the Buddha refused to answer, saying that the question "tends not to edification." What he meant is that some questions just won't get you anywhere in terms of increasing your awareness or moving you along on the path of enlightenment.

Answer 2

The new knowledge being absorbed, and the debates. Those are fun, unless they get out of hand and people start throwing false accusations and insults at each other.

Answer 3

I find principles of thought that allow me to understand another person's ideas. It is marvelous when you can think the same thought as another human being. It is also rare.

Answer 4

practicing reason, see things clearer and be more humble since I see how much limits and holes there are in what we thought we know but not really extactlly

Answer 5

The intersection of being and reality.

Answer 6

Why people ask general questions of people they do not know.

Answer 7

wisdom..knowledge..practical ideas..serious answers and questions about life and living.....good friends and acquaintances.

Answer 8

the different perspectives of people

Answer 9

it's science of the soul