Does logic have to be rigid and impenetrable? Or can it be playful and fanciful?
2007-12-09 05:08:25 · 16 answers · asked by probe 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
DR W is that a quote? Life is a comedy.
2007-12-09 05:51:04 · update #1
The Greeks had the notion of teaching by storytelling, examples, and fables.
A lesson is best learned that way. In that sense, I will say yes, lightheartened humor is akin to sugar, "just a spoonful of sugar helps the medecine go down" as Mary Poppins said.
It confirms the offenders place in his pod or family, his imperfection is noted. It makes him realize his vulnerabilities as an individual without the collective whole.
Rigid logic are tall towers that crack the fastest, become targets for destruction, will stand out for lightning and acts of god and war.
The more flexible the philosophy, the better. The roots will go deep and will resurrect anywhere and everywhere.
So - heal philosophical wounds of the spirit in the philosophical organization, with a light heart and touch.
2007-12-09 05:41:23 · answer #1 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure you can use comedy in philosophy, and it can be very effective in making a point. Logic, however, *is* rigid. Things either are or they are not. They can't be both in the same place and at the same time. A = A, the Law of Identity.
2007-12-09 06:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by SNPUC2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(comedy - humor is a finest art of telling the truth)
Humor, Laughter, Comedy, and the Holy Grail
We laugh for a variety of reasons – hearing a funny joke, inhaling laughing gas, being tickled – not all of which result from what we think of as humor.
humor or amusement is widely regarded as a response to a certain kind of stimulus
Often humor will produce laughter, but sometimes it results in only a smile
"Zwar sind auch wir von Herzen unanständig, doch das Antike finde ich zu lebendig" - Aristophanische Anzüglichkeiten im deutschen Gewand (R.
According to the standard analysis, humor theories can be classified into three neatly identifiable groups: incongruity, superiority, and relief theories
The paradigmatic Superiority theorist is Thomas Hobbes, who said that humor arises from a "sudden glory" felt when we recognize our supremacy over others. Plato and Aristotle are generally considered superiority theorists, who emphasize the aggressive feelings that fuel humor.
2007-12-09 11:06:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Logic can be used to prove things true or false, valid and invalid.
Comedy in a way can be another analytical tool.
Because one can take a philosphy to extremes and then make if funny, one can point out the irony inherent in certain ideas.
The Charlie Chaplin film "The Great Dictator", for example did that to Nazism.
2007-12-09 06:22:25 · answer #4 · answered by Vultureman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
impenetrable???
You can use humor to teach philosophy. For that matter I can hardly imagine anyone in philosophy without a sense of humor. But philosophy, as a discipline, tends to be pretty much "nose to the wheel" kind of thinking.
2007-12-09 05:14:07 · answer #5 · answered by Stan W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the point is unquestionably approximately making human beings snort, then no person has the suitable to decide someone only because of the fact the comedian tale seem unfunny to them. If the guy extremely is a racist or a sexist and so forth.. then that isn't the comedian tale it is substantial however the guy's intentions in telling it.
2016-12-17 12:24:41 · answer #6 · answered by turnbow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not? Being happy makes you more receptive to a point being made. Laughter is very good for the soul and the mind. Hey, "are you hungry"?, Want a samich or a mudpie? What!! Oh well.
2007-12-09 06:55:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Socrates, as has been pointed out -- cracked the occasional funny. I think a sense of humor is characteristic of intelligence, and am suspicious of books or movies that lack some small vestige of humor.
2007-12-09 05:24:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
philosophy is not logic... and no logic is not rigid and impenetrateable. philosophy can be anything. philosophy is thinking. so when you think of dragons... whereas logic says they dint exist... philosophy is about how they can exist and why and whether they ever did. and what colour they would have been...
or whether lego can be a house for tiny people...
philosophy=imagination
we philosphise all the time =]
2007-12-09 05:23:10 · answer #9 · answered by Smile =D 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I sure hope so! Otherwise I'll forever be overlooked. Face it ,life is humorous,even at it's worst at times.
2007-12-09 05:36:30 · answer #10 · answered by Karebear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋