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Studied in the history of Ideas, becoming more proficient in a method of objective philosophy. Practising this in different category & subjects enables better orderly searching for new or existing answers.
- The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef ?- A good fictional subjective story.... or a brilliant descriptive step in search - of better and better philosophy ? 1 AnswerPhilosophy3 weeks ago
- How's the Philosophy going?3 AnswersOther - Arts & Humanities4 weeks ago
- Why do people answer Questions of philosophy?- But never ask or post any Questions about it? - What are they hoping to gain? 4 AnswersPhilosophy9 months ago
- Why do subjective philosophers believe in their closed type "love of wisdom" but find it hard to believe in any knowledge^ within any ?- philosophy or any philosophy Category^ ? - They chase-fame (their-love-of-wisdom) but DO NOT contribute to it... - Do they hate free and open critical philosophy that much, giving - even more blatant "spin" when they murmur that philosophy uses - "THE critical Method" ? (as general SPIN & BLUFF).. ? - Is this why they here CANNOT WRITE ABOUT and give philosophy - knowledge of, - "Environmental Philosophy ? 3 AnswersPhilosophy9 months ago
- What is the one Question here a philosopher has difficulty answering? (a subjective philosopher).?- Is "Intelligent Design" philosophy plump in open possibilities much more - so than Scientific (Darwinian) biological Selection? 6 AnswersPhilosophy10 months ago
- In philosophy can present "knowledge selection" be replaced by better "knowledge design" ?- E.g Present Darwinian selection versus Intelligent design? - See the Q. What are the two types of philosophy mistakes... ? third update - where the-sample-category of MATHEMATICS CAN BE SUB-DIVIDED from - old "selection" into new "design" mode. - E.g. Y. Zhang's finite-bound-proof (selection) from Twin prime conjecture(design). - (Zhang's proof weaker than the Twin prime intelligent conjecture, so to speak. - Weak proofs and strong conjectures can be the preserve of philosophy which - may select strong resilient knowledge over/ from weaker information). 3 AnswersPhilosophy10 months ago
- The two types of Philosophy mistakes made by subjective philosophers ?- What are they ? 1 AnswerPhilosophy10 months ago
- Why is the search for philosophy truth not too difficult to find, and not too difficult to recognise?- If it was say impossible wouldn't philosophy by now be... "extinct", as a discipline ? 5 AnswersPhilosophy10 months ago
- Lectures of the same philosophy?- 1) Robert Sapolsky: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - 2) Greta Thunberg: The Environment of Humans in an Emergency. 1 AnswerPhilosophy11 months ago
- How can & do we lose purpose while doing philosophy?- Initially subjective philosophy ? - This is a valid question using modern biology science, where science can - further our understanding of both a mistake-in-philosophy and a success- - in-philosophy. See Youtube Stanford science lecture "Introduction to Human - Behavioural Biology" with Robert Sapolsky. - If you cannot figure why we can-lose-purpose, and to describe how to spot - the tell-tale signs where the losing of a Purpose or of an Aim means that - ones work flounders in-the-philosophy method taught... - Reading down in the comments to this lecture where in comment 12 down - it's said "When you pay too much attention to boundaries, you don't see the - big picture. All you see are categories." - And, "There's a corollary to that, When you pay too LITTLE to boundaries - you lose yourself in the big picture. YOU LOSE PURPOSE." 3 AnswersPhilosophy11 months ago
- A new poll shows profound disagreements between younger and older Americans on racial issues ?- Can philosophy help ? 2 AnswersPhilosophy11 months ago
- Do religions believe in Philosophy category truth ?7 AnswersPhilosophy11 months ago
- Do religions believe in Philosophy category truth ?- That of knowledge via the independent category of.. "Philosophy"? - One of the open (free) areas of inquiry. Religion & Spirituality11 months ago
- Can philosophy respect be earned by having an open, mistake ridden history ?- Unlike the philosophy for example of Yuval Noah Harari ? - 1) That we don't have freewill, (we do). - 2) That if we learn HOW to deal with failure we can learn-from-our mistakes. - 2) We here especially more from our Answers than from our Questions asked, - we may believe. - That is we can learn more about our failures and mistakes, revising these - over time to ask more pertinent Questions. And some religious philosophers - commentators have taken this-to-the-extreme in that they have answered many - more questions than they have asked... to the point where some have asked - Zero Questions. They are "answer rich" so to speak, and continue to - answer questions without adding-to-their meagre total of unknown (Question) - knowledge. - We may say of such religious philosophers that like Harari they have learned - HOW to deal with failure as they have learned-from-their mistakes. - And Harari may have more Questions to ask (especially so if he were here - on Yahoo Answers) but DO THOSE religious philosophers above WHO - HAVE answered many more questions here than they have asked questions? - I have previously said that "no" because they may Have learned HOW to - deal with their failures but that they HAVE NOT LEARNED FROM THEIR - Mistakes. - Like I propose Yuval Noah Harari has not learned-from-his-mistake - concerning freewill ; and the resultant Almost self-perpetuating 2 AnswersPhilosophy11 months ago
- Can philosophy respect be earned by having a closed, anonymous history ?- Unlike for example the open-book (authoritative) history since the ancient Greeks, - Plato and all ? 3 AnswersPhilosophy11 months ago
- Why do so many contemplative philosophers "Sit-on-the-Fence" ?- When that fence is being made from.. Barbed Wire ? - Why not use their "critical method" cushions they have-been-issued ? 4 AnswersPhilosophy11 months ago
