Don’t understand your beef. There are better and worse tennis players, pianists, writers, artists, scientists - not everyone has the same degree of skill in thinking and writing, and understanding of philosophy. — Wayfarer
Horses for courses. Sharks think better than humans when it comes to doing the calculations for swimming and eating fish in the ocean.
But they do not know how to start a computer — charleton
Two humans. One quickly finds the answer to a problem (such as a maths one) whose solution is irrefutable; the other never finds the solution. — charleton
The same pair of people being quizzed on a matter of emotional intelligence the result might find the maths failure can find the solution whilst the maths whizz fails even to understand the emotional problem. — charleton
So thinking well in philosophy requires the ability to analyze and form good arguments, this, it seems to me, is the backbone of philosophy. — Sam26
I didn't say that was all there was to philosophy, but that it's a very important part of philosophy. — Sam26
Yes, I believe it is the backbone of philosophy, but knowledge can be gained apart from using just logic. — Sam26
I say argument is the backbone because one of the key features of philosophy is analyzing beliefs that are put forward as arguments — Sam26
The goal is truth, and yes the wisdom you gain from discovery, but you have to do it well to gain wisdom — Sam26
One doesn't gain wisdom apart from gaining knowledge. — Sam26
Who sets the standard? Who picks the criteria? — WISDOMfromPO-MO
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