Should subjects have “points” before we study them? Is it good enough that the point may be in the eye of the beholder? Should your life goal be to fulfill a de

Should subjects have “points” before we study them? Is it good enough that the point may be in the eye of the beholder? Should your life goal be to fulfill a desire for importance you didn’t choose yourself? Can “why” questions ever have satisfying answers? Wouldn’t it be helpful if people wrote down their models of life, living, what constitutes knowledge, theories of mind and aesthetics, so you could get to the bottom of why people should study philosophy?