I feel like I never really have anything to say on a given topic, or I feel that I do not know enough about a given subject to say anything meaningful. — Jafar
I think this puts you at a distinct advantage. All too often giving an opinion is mistaken for doing philosophy. Rather then telling others what you think inquire into what others say on topics that interest you. — Fooloso4
I'm mostly discussing with other students in a university but I'm also including informal discussion with strangers. — Jafar
You shouldn’t let it stop you from putting your thoughts into words. — T Clark
I feel like I never really have anything to say on a given topic, or I feel that I do not know enough about a given subject to say anything meaningful. — Jafar
I really value philosophy as a means of introspection and a way to practice it, but I also get the impression that there is a lot to learn from others through discussion. — Jafar
It is dialogical in a double sense - both a dialogue with others and a dialogue with oneself. — Fooloso4
I think it's also important to be able to formulate an idea and also be challenged on it. — Jafar
... dialogue with others should be impersonal. — Fooloso4
(Chapter 16)practice extreme tenuousness
I'm curious about the introspection part. How do you critically evaluate your own thoughts? — Jafar
I'm very interested in how other people ask "good" questions. — Jafar
I'm curious about the introspection part. How do you critically evaluate your own thoughts? — Jafar
Articulating your thoughts is an essential part of philosophy, but there is, in my opinion, more to philosophy. It involves a critical examination and evaluation of those thoughts and opinions, whether they are your thoughts and opinions or someone else's. — Fooloso4
Agreed, but the purpose behind that examination and evaluation is to figure out how other's thoughts fit into your own understanding of how the world works. If they don't fit, then you can either reject them, change your own understanding, or do a little of both. — T Clark
... many of us here disagree with Fooloso4’s opinion. — T Clark
stop [him] from putting [his] thoughts into words — T Clark
It is critical and evaluative. It is dialogical in a double sense - both a dialogue with others and a dialogue with oneself. — Fooloso4
You should appreciate the irony of him giving his personal preference without justification in this instance. — T Clark
What do you think is a good question? I really liked what you said. When you're reading or engaging with someone else, what do you find to be a good question? — Jafar
I'm curious about the introspection part. How do you critically evaluate your own thoughts? — Jafar
I forgot that not everyone wants to talk about philosophy all the time. — Jafar
My goal is to become more engaged when I'm reading, as well as discussing philosophy. — Jafar
So I wanted to ask if you guys had any advice for me. How do you engage with philosophy, whether when you're reading or discussing/debating with others? When do you feel like you learn the most? Thanks a bunch! — Jafar
I'm curious about the introspection part. How do you critically evaluate your own thoughts?
— Jafar
Good question. Can it even be done? Or do we just move from one set of emotionally based presuppositions to another? — Tom Storm
To believe our own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, -- that is genius. Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost,--and our first thought, is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment. Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton is that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. — Emerson - Self-Reliance
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