Posted: Aug 09, 2016 5:29 am
by ughaibu
Paul1 wrote:I only care about the evidence, mathematics and what I can experience around me.
Can you justify caring about only this specific restricted domain of objects? If not, then you appear to hold this stance for no reason, if so, then you have demonstrated a virtue of philosophy.
Paul1 wrote:What can I possibly learn from idly thinking about things I can't even test/calculate/act upon?
Who cares? Philosophy isn't the business of "idly thinking about things I can't even test/calculate/act upon", it is the theory and practice of argumentation about the underlying.