Literally the opposite. — javi2541997
Religion : philosophy- :: mythos : logos :: pathos : ethikos.I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion. — Benedictus de Spinoza
(in religious views by religionists) wisdom isn't valued as much as obedience. — Tom Storm
Religion is philosophy to the extent it adopts & practices the philosophical method à la the scientific method which is, for simplicity's sake, use your head or, in formal terms, be rational. — Agent Smith
what you claim is precisely what religion denies of its followers. — god must be atheist
However the idea of reincarnation certainly wasn't up for debate at all. — TiredThinker
For the sake of discussion, I think it's reasonable to claim 'to the degree a philosophy is fundamentally disembodied (immaterial) and/or transcendent (essentialist), it functions as a religion'. Spinoza has it right (reread his quote in my first post above) that philosophy is first and foremost an internal critique of its own religiousity (re: the disembodied, the transcendent), which, as a consequence, undermines any rational pretenses for "justifying" religious ideas and practices (e.g. theology, theodicy, theocracy).What of religion in philosophy or to what degree is philosophy religion? — Agent Smith
Sophistry in pictures and folktales rather than reasoning with coherent concepts and valid arguments.Religion is a form of philosophy for sure. — dimosthenis9
Yeah, at best philosophy reflects (2nd/3rd order questions) for its own sake without dogmatic beliefs (1st order answers).But philosophy isn't a form of religion.
Yeah, at best philosophy reflects (2nd/3rd order) for its own sake without dogmatic beliefs (1st order) — 180 Proof
For the sake of discussion, I think it's reasonable to claim 'to the degree a philosophy is fundamentally disembodied (immaterial) and/or transcendent (essentialist), it functions as a religion'. Spinoza has it right (reread his quote in my first post above) that philosophy is first and foremost an internal critique of its own religiousity (re: the disembodied, the transcendent), which, as a consequence, undermines any rational pretenses for justifying religious ideas and practices (e.g. theology, theodicy, theocracy). — 180 Proof
Not sure exactly what your point is, but it sounds a little like Alvin Plantinga's Reformed Epistemology wherein God is seen as a properly basic belief, the necessary foundation for objective reality and coherence. This is worked up from Kant's transcendentals. — Tom Storm
To quote the great man:Feeling blue lately, o philosopher true? — Agent Smith
Imagine ol' Sisyphus happy, Smith. :smirk:Damn right, I"ve got the blues! — Buddy Guy, b. 1936 ...
That seemed strange and it was several years after that comment that I realised how the philosophy issues lead to deep questions about religious truth. — Jack Cummins
Imagine ol' Sisyphus happy, Smith. :smirk: — 180 Proof
Faith - if by that you mean belief without evidence - no. Faith - if by that you mean belief based on the evidence of personal experience - ok. — T Clark
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