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You're moving the goalposts. This seems to be happening a lot lately... You posited a lot of philosophical questions, and quoted a famous philosopher. "Philos
by dgfitz 2y ago
You're moving the goalposts. This seems to be happening a lot lately...
You posited a lot of philosophical questions, and quoted a famous philosopher.
"Philosophy is the study of fundamental questions about the nature of reality, knowledge, and value. These are questions that everyone asks" [0]
If you're trying to say "we don't have answers to the philosophical questions of our time" I would agree with you. This would not be a salient point on your end, or even a useful one. This is an example of a well-established... dare I say... fact.
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https://www.cmich.edu/academics/colleges/liberal-arts-social-sciences/departments/philosophy-anthropology-religion/philosophy/why-study-philosophy#:~:text=Philosophy%20is%20the%20study%20of,bad%20or%20right%20from%20wrong%3F https://www.cmich.edu/academics/colleges/liberal-arts-social...
- silverquiet 2y agoI don't feel like I moved any goalposts, but I'll fully admit that I'm not among the best at using language here. Objective fact may be possible, but truth is a human value and I no longer believe that such a thing exists. It's actually rather simple to get there from just what you said above. If "Philosophy is the study of fundamental questions about the nature of reality, knowledge, and value." and "we don't have answers to the philosophical questions of our time", then it would seem to follow that we cannot agree on the nature of reality which would seem to me to mean that we cannot find a truth that all can agree upon. Believe me, I'm not happy about it either.