Indeed, philosophy requires sophistry as a contrast. — Mariner
I could give an answer of my own to this problem, but the core of philosophy involves finding one's own answer and, as it were, picking sides between philosophers and sophists. — Mariner
So to avoid sophistry, you don't, I see. I have my own answer to that!I could give an answer of my own to this problem, but the core of philosophy involves finding one's own answer and, as it were, picking sides between philosophers and sophists. — Mariner
Sophistry is basically the impartment of knowledge, the sophists are the sellers, the followers, the clients and knowledge, the product so it makes sense to charge for the exchange. But isn't knowledge the product of philosophy as well? I suppose so but what about the followers and the philosophers? Does philosophy even involve profit? Well, isn't that a common question! It seems to me that a philosopher treats others as both the means and the end, using their ideas to make the product, knowledge, then sharing that with others in order for them to do the same in return, advancing understanding through a continuous feedback loop. So I guess ideas are both currency and raw materials in philosophy and the product is a collection of ideas that passed logical scrutiny in the process, followers / others, both clients and contributors and the philosophers, both managers and not sellers but sharers. The profit would be a better understanding of the world.Would Protagoras be a philosopher if he did not charge good fees for his lessons? — Mariner
You are promoting a romantic individual journey of discovery, but the core to philosophical method is that arguments get made and people remember those that seem the most worth considering. Just think of the way Plato and Aristotle spent so much time analysing what others had said. — apokrisis
Mystics distinguish between the physical and the metaphysical and search for a way to transcend the physical in order to become one with the metaphysical.
The religious separate the two and search for their in-between link in order to interact with the metaphysical.
Philosophers recognize their interdependency and search for a way to reconcile them in order to define the world. — Noblosh
Why are you suggesting I said there was an opposition or a contradiction? My point was that there is a filtering or constraint that is core to the method. — apokrisis
3. Are there strict rules in philosophy such as in mathematics, or can anyone create his own philosophy and worldview? — kris22
1. Is philosophy as a science having some basic principles or some undeniable truth about the things that it examines?
2. Is there a discussion among other people in the methodology of philosophy?
3. Are there strict rules in philosophy such as in mathematics, or can anyone create his own philosophy and worldview? — kris22
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