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"Ironically for a book ignored by most philosophers, it contains the answers to a lot of their questions, and the method for answering all of them." I find thi
by blindhippo 14y ago
"Ironically for a book ignored by most philosophers, it contains the answers to a lot of their questions, and the method for answering all of them."
I find this illuminating - philosopher's aren't concerned with answers. They are concerned with the questions. An interesting contrast between the scientific/engineering mindset and the philosophical mindset.
- pav3l 14y agoVery true, once you start understanding how to approach the right questions, the problem moves to the scientific domain, e.g. natural philosophy--> physics, philosophy of mind (partly) -->psychology/neuroscience/cognitive science, etc
- andreasvc 14y agoIt doesn't really contain answers so much as that it argues the questions or problems are really just puzzles resulting from confusions due to language.