igorfrankensteen wrote: I agree with most of what you've said in this thread, but I think you've been careless with the statement that Philosophy only ASKS questions, and answers none. That is a very narrow definition of philosophy, and is one that I can't find listed in any definitions source I have on hand.
Not nearly as careless as you've been with this bollocks. You need a fucking source to tell you this? What an utterly fucking stupid thing to say.
It is always a problem that a lot of humans ARE sloppy in how they use important words such as Philosophy, and that is why we have a number of posts here already, declaring that Philosophy is dead or useless, or some sort of pompously phrased excuse for what some here like to call wibble.
Which I agree with, but I was very careful, thanks, as I generally am. I stand by every word.
I, on the other hand, have grown up under the definition that Philosophy is the overarching systematic framework that we choose to use to organize our perception of, and interaction with, all of existence. This is WHY Science is accurately defined as a subset of Philosophy, and why a statement such as "philosophy is useless" is ludicrous. One must HAVE a philosophy up and running to MAKE such an idiotic statement.
I agree with all of that - though your definition is far wordier than it need be - but it doesn't remotely disagree with anything I've said. I have always said that science is a subset of philosophy. It's the subset that actually provides answers to questions.
It is at the heart of most participants in this forum, that they have selected the scientific method to be their primary tool for managing all information which comes to them. This is not a scientific act on their part, it is a philosophical one, because scientific method is not thrust upon us by existence. If it were, our forebears would not have had to fight to make it the prominent approach used today. The existence of that long and ongoing struggle alone, is proof that an overarching PHILOSOPHY is at play here.
As soon as you say something that actually contradicts anything I've said (aside from your asinine opening), I'll comment further.