Philosophy...

[Comte de Saint-Germain]

Philistines.

[Bella Fortuna]

Any philosopher who tries to disprove the existence of my bacon butty will get a cavalry saber up the backside

I'll bet it doesn't exist now....

[Pappa]

Philistines.

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

As a trolling attempt, I have to admit that this thread is a failure.





In future, I'll stick to stuff I'm good at and know about - like...like...

...Nvm.

[FBM]

Damn, is there anything you're a former of?

Of course. I'm a former...OK, no, not really.

Anyway, "A man who claims to be a philosopher undoubtedly has other bad habits as well."

Good thing I don't claim to be a philosopher, though I managed to keep a few bad habits.

Anyhoo, think about how much Monty Python was inspired by philosopers. If there were no philosophers, there would be no:



or



QED, beeyotchezzz!!!

[Surendra Darathy]

Any philosopher who tries to disprove the existence of my bacon butty will get a cavalry saber up the backside

I'll take it the wrong way, thank you very much!!!

[colubridae]

As a trolling attempt, I have to admit that this thread is a failure.





In future, I'll stick to stuff I'm good at and know about - like...like...

...Nvm.

Yes., but why?

[Coito ergo sum]

...What's the fucking point? Who benefits from it and how?

Ultimately, mankind benefits through an increase in collective knowledge, learning and analysis truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct as well as the critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a particular branch of knowledge, especially with a view to improving or reconstituting them.

Any individual who tries to learn about the truths and principles concerning our "being" (how and why we're here), our "knowledge" (how we know what we know) and/or "conduct" (what is right to do and what is wrong to do) is philosophizing. He or she benefits from philosophy by learning or attempting to learn these things.

EDIT: I think most of you are missing it - philosophy is a kind of study/learning. A person philosophizes when they contemplate, think about or try to learn about why we're here, what is moral/immoral, what is ethical/unethical and how we know things, as well as ultimate purposes and that kind of thing. The different major "philosophies" like "Epicureanism", "Soicism," "Existentialism," and the myriad other philosophies out there are theories and frameworks of how the basic questions of how we know what we know, what we can know, what is good and bad, what is moral and immoral, where does morality come from, etc., what is the nature of reality, etc. - these are attempts at answering certain of these questions. Philosophy is not limited to a profession of Philosophers. It's something that's open to everyone ,and it's something everyone does from time to time often without even knowing it.

You should read and study the ancient philosophers not because they must be right, but because they've covered a lot of ground already, and you can stand on their shoulders in order to see further.

[colubridae]

...What's the fucking point? Who benefits from it and how?

Ultimately, mankind benefits through an increase in collective knowledge, learning and analysis truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct as well as the critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a particular branch of knowledge, especially with a view to improving or reconstituting them.

Any individual who tries to learn about the truths and principles concerning our "being" (how and why we're here), our "knowledge" (how we know what we know) and/or "conduct" (what is right to do and what is wrong to do) is philosophizing. He or she benefits from philosophy by learning or attempting to learn these things.

So it's like finking innit?

[Coito ergo sum]

...What's the fucking point? Who benefits from it and how?

Ultimately, mankind benefits through an increase in collective knowledge, learning and analysis truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct as well as the critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a particular branch of knowledge, especially with a view to improving or reconstituting them.

Any individual who tries to learn about the truths and principles concerning our "being" (how and why we're here), our "knowledge" (how we know what we know) and/or "conduct" (what is right to do and what is wrong to do) is philosophizing. He or she benefits from philosophy by learning or attempting to learn these things.

So it's like finking innit?

Yes, all philosophizing involves thinking, but not all thinking requires philosophizing.

Thinking about how we know what we know = philosophizing. Thinking about boobies, not so much.


Thinking about the nature of boobies, and their ultimate purpose = philosophizing.

[colubridae]

...What's the fucking point? Who benefits from it and how?

Ultimately, mankind benefits through an increase in collective knowledge, learning and analysis truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct as well as the critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a particular branch of knowledge, especially with a view to improving or reconstituting them.

Any individual who tries to learn about the truths and principles concerning our "being" (how and why we're here), our "knowledge" (how we know what we know) and/or "conduct" (what is right to do and what is wrong to do) is philosophizing. He or she benefits from philosophy by learning or attempting to learn these things.

So it's like finking innit?

Yes, all philosophizing involves thinking, but not all thinking requires philosophizing.

Thinking about how we know what we know = philosophizing. Thinking about boobies, not so much.

What about what we know about boobies? I'm just spitballing here.

[Coito ergo sum]

...What's the fucking point? Who benefits from it and how?

Ultimately, mankind benefits through an increase in collective knowledge, learning and analysis truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct as well as the critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a particular branch of knowledge, especially with a view to improving or reconstituting them.

Any individual who tries to learn about the truths and principles concerning our "being" (how and why we're here), our "knowledge" (how we know what we know) and/or "conduct" (what is right to do and what is wrong to do) is philosophizing. He or she benefits from philosophy by learning or attempting to learn these things.

So it's like finking innit?

Yes, all philosophizing involves thinking, but not all thinking requires philosophizing.

Thinking about how we know what we know = philosophizing. Thinking about boobies, not so much.

What about what we know about boobies? I'm just spitballing here.

One may philosophize about boobies. It is, in fact, a discipline I've been working on my whole life. I'm writing a book about it.

The Philosophical Boob
by: Coito E. Sum

Introduction: The Boob
Chapter 1: Of Boobs and Nothingness
Chapter 2: The Quite Bearable Firmness of Boobies
Chapter 3: Zen and the Art of Mammary Maintenance
Chapter 4: I Squeeze Them, Therefore They Are
Chapter 5: Nippleism

You get the picture.....

[colubridae]

I like philosophy

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I think philosophers are the atheist version of priests. (Take that any way you wish.)

Even the theist philosophers?

SSDD.

[Epictetus]

It seems like most philosophers spend all their time engaged in hairsplitting, subjecting every argument to a veritable autopsy. It’s a time-consuming, laborious enterprise that calls to mind the aphorism Ars longa, vita brevis. Personally I don’t have the requisite patience for it, and I find that most philosophers are ponderous writers. There are a few exceptions: Nietzsche, for example (though, technically he wasn’t even a philosopher), or Bertrand Russell, or more recently Daniel Dennett.