Ones way of thinking or consciousness is indeed "ones philosophy". You get where I was coming from though. :D — Outlander
Wisdom, in turn, is not merely some set of correct opinions, but rather the ability to discern the true from the false, the good from the bad; or at least the more true from the less true, the better from the worse; the ability, in short, to discern superior answers from inferior answers to any given question. — Pfhorrest
If it used to be the love of wisdom, I guess it's now the love of the analytic brain. — Noble Dust
Knowing what philosophers do in the academic field is a first criterion to separate cheap mysticism, pseudoscience and youtubers from serious philosophy. — David Mo
Philosophy is not based on authority but on the exercise of personal reason. — David Mo
committed to daily recovery from foolery — 180 Proof
If you say so ... sorry I can't follow the rest of your post.A kind of meta-psychotherapy? — ENOAH
Superficially maybe. I'd rather put it this way: philosophy consists in reflective questioning of the assumptions and implications of "what we believe" (i.e. logic-grammar-dialectics preceeds epistēmē).So, in a very general way, it's [philosophy is] about what we believe. — Sam26
Superficially maybe. I'd rather put it this way: philosophy consists in reflective questioning of the assumptions and implications of "what we believe" (i.e. logic-grammar-dialectics preceeds epistēmē). — 180 Proof
Can you give an e.g. where philosophy doesn't deal with beliefs or belief systems in some way? — Sam26
We use deductive and inductive reasoning to analyze what we believe and what others believe. — Sam26
Depends on what we mean by belief. — Mikie
But similar claims can be made about beings, as well. Or experience. Or thinking. Or awareness. Or meaning. I probably couldn’t give examples of where philosophy doesn’t in some way deal with any of those things either. No reason to prioritize epistemology — that seems more a choice based on tradition. — Mikie
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"Yes, that is a solid definition — Sam26
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