Does everyone value philosophy?

RegularGuy August 01, 2019 at 14:23 1025 views 5 comments

I don’t think the question is “why do you philosophize?” as if we philosophers are the only ones who do it. Everyone philosophizes, i.e. asks the big questions, without perhaps knowing that that IS philosophy. So the question is really “why does humanity philosophize?” Is it a feature of consciousness or of having a complex and developed frontal lobe? Is it what makes humans humans, as opposed to other animals? In other words, is that what makes us human?

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Shawn August 01, 2019 at 14:50 #312181 0 likes

If you keep on asking *why* 'nough it eventually turns into philosophy...

*But why*

RegularGuy August 01, 2019 at 15:28 #312186 0 likes

Reply to Wallows
:smile:

RegularGuy August 01, 2019 at 15:33 #312187 0 likes

Reply to Wallows

Almost all human endeavor is philosophy or an attempt to answer why questions. The rest is animal instinct.

RegularGuy August 01, 2019 at 15:37 #312188 0 likes

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Peter Griffin’s ancestor philosopher’s wife told him to get a job. He asked, “but why?”

:wink:

RegularGuy August 01, 2019 at 16:04 #312194 0 likes

I must be manic because it seems like everyone is bored, confused, or dumbstruck by my responses and questions.