Do U as a Q-asker in philosophy expect, as I do,for Answerers to support their nontrivial A's w/reasons?

Question

and sound arguments! especially if the A's are, as expected, their opinions? (my opinion and reason: philosophy involves alot of opinions because there are alot of loose ends and open unresolved Q's in philosophy!)

Answer 1

Contrary to 'Annie', I don't think philosophy is about proof. I think it is more about getting to the wisdom of life. Philosophy attempts to weed out irrelevancies until pure wisdom is left. Reason is a key factor in this process. If you really look at many of the great philosophers and their works, you can see that even though they have bases in logic and reason, that it is the application of these things that varies and it is opinion that determines the choice of application used.

Answer 2

The purpose of philosophy is to provide proof, not opinion. That there may be some issues unresolved, that does not make all of philosophy 'just opinion'. And the detail of the unresolved issues matter. I think that most fundamentals have been solved.

Answer 3

i agree with Gee, and yes added information and reasons for the position help support an answer, though i think in this forum it is more difficult to fully offer complete reasons and detailed arguments, some of the topics are complicated, and many people dont have a cut and dry couple of sentences to sum up opinions that they may of put alot of thought and research into developing

Answer 4

My answer is we do not have the monopoly of what should be the answers to our questions much as we do our answers to others' questions. There seem to be no standards given our limited knowledge or how learned we are whereby to define things unequivocally or by which we can agree, much more in Philosophical discussions. Even ancient and modern Philosophers disagree on answers to the same questions that arose, even to how the questions are to be framed in the first place. So your yardstick is as good or varied as anyone else's.