My suggestion, for what it's worth, is to announce a million dollar cash prize for anyone who can tackle this problem. I'm fairly confident that should get people's, philosophers' juices flowing. Why hasn't somebody already thought of this? — TheMadFool
@god must be atheistI am not sure if that is one of the mandates of Philosophy: to create a better world. There is a trend that subscribes to that, but I don't think philosophers do. The closest philosophers come to this, is moral philosophy, but that in and by itself tells you only (if at all successfully) how to behave morally, and not how to reduce carbon dioxide or how to reduce the accelerating population explosion.
Whether or not technology has saved us is open to debate, but we'll leave that for now. Science by itself doesn't help anyone. It has to be turned into technology by engineering. Engineering is applied science.
And science is applied philosophy. — T Clark
Completely agree with you, Sir. What a solid statement. It remembered me when politicians of Athens asked to the Sophist why they do not have the rule of governance and then answered "we are not here to solve the problems. We debate and theorise about these. Without them we cannot develop philosophy itself"
Nevertheless there are people who criticise Sophists. lol — javi2541997
Technology is not science. Humans have had technology since they lived in caves. ...That is technology, plus philosophy, equals science. — Athena
We understand not only what works but why it works. — Athena
Religion is a stumbling stone for science.... We are not as controlled by the church as we once were but for thousands of years it has been a stumbling block. — Athena
am not sure if that is one of the mandates of Philosophy: to create a better world. There is a trend that subscribes to that, but I don't think philosophers do. The closest philosophers come to this, is moral philosophy, but that in and by itself tells you only (if at all successfully) how to behave morally, and not how to reduce carbon dioxide or how to reduce the accelerating population explosion.
So yes, the title is right, except philosophy never said it would do that. — god must be atheist
I'm not a theist, but I don't see it that way. — T Clark
I don't think Christianity has such a good history, and today, to me it appears one of the worst problems we have. — Athena
How do you understand happiness? In the US because we turned our backs on the classics we think it is a frivolous pleasure. That is not what Jefferson meant by the "pursuit of happiness" when he wrote our Declaration of Independence separating the colonies from the king of England.happiness — javi2541997
Science and religion are just expressions of human nature projected onto a world where the don't, can't fit. Humanity doesn't have such a good history in the sense you mean. — T Clark
I am not sure if that is one of the mandates of Philosophy: to create a better world. There is a trend that subscribes to that, but I don't think philosophers do. The closest philosophers come to this, is moral philosophy, but that in and by itself tells you only (if at all successfully) how to behave morally, and not how to reduce carbon dioxide or how to reduce the accelerating population explosion.
So yes, the title is right, except philosophy never said it would do that. — god must be atheist
I am a believer in the New Age and I get really excited about what is possible. ... I think we have created a better world....abundance is bringing the best in us now. — Athena
If we get education back on the enlightenment path we might come out of the present transition okay — Athena
How do you understand happiness? — Athena
My suggestion, for what it's worth, is to announce a million dollar cash prize for anyone who can tackle this problem. — TheMadFool
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.....................................................
Do you believe that good moral behavior depends on good moral thinking? — T Clark
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Ultimately philosophy is a personal orientation regarding our place in the universe. Since everyone is free to believe as they will it is unlikely that enough people will orient themselves in a way that will bring consensus on collective actions- no more than religion or politics can. — Proximate1
What a complex question. I think happiness is just moments we live along our lives. I going to sound pretty pessimistic but life in general is full of sadness. Even when you are getting older. So I guess this is why we are so obsessed to pursue happiness because it is so ephemeral — javi2541997
Ataraxia & aponia (Epicurus) + scientia intuitiva (Spinoza) + amor fati / defiance / beatitude (Nietzsche / Camus / Rosset) ... in other words, momentary lapses in "boredom & pain" which (more often than not) accompany some daily form of play...How do you understand happiness? — Athena
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