The boom of science has left philosophy under-appreciated. Without practicing philosophy, we can't even know if we exist. We can't estimate what we are, we can't estimate what our experiences are, we know what exists for certain, we can't estimate whether we only exist right now and then get wiped away into nothingness. All questions of science are a mere distraction for the bored mind if we can't understand the value they and the things made possible by them provide to us.
Science is practical and easy to model objectively, but it should not overshadow philosophy, it should always be second to philosophy when discussing the fundamental questions of life.
>The boom of science has left philosophy under-appreciated
No, the boom of science killed philosophy. The only reason analytical philosophy was made was because the English were too stubborn to admit Leibniz invented calculus and use his methods. Once they got over Newton, philosophy was dead forever.
The value of science rests on fundamental assumptions of philosophy. Is science real, does it bear any value? If yes, you need philosophy to prove that. If no, you accept that nothing subjective bears any value, and subsequently neither does anything in science. If you think subjective experience in general has no value, you should have no problem killing yourseld. An even more ridiculous proposition would be to discuss subjective experience altogether.
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Connor Morris
Let's hear some arguments for why it's more important to know speed of light or the mass an electron than to know whether you exist
Dominic Rivera
>DO WE EXIST EXISTENCE EXISTING WE EXIST DO WE KNOW IF WE EXIST EXISTENCE EXIST??? This is not philosophy. Philosophy seeks to understand many things in life, so that we can reach greater heights. It has a physical result. Conclusions that are to our benefit. A bunch of bullshit about how we exist but not really but actually yes but not exactly is not beneficial in any way.
Michael Jackson
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Brandon Edwards
>is posting working still? Is this a modern philosophical question?
Hunter Flores
It's metaphysics‚ which is philosophy. >Philosophy seeks to understand many things in life, so that we can reach greater heights. It has a physical result. did you stroke out here?
>A bunch of bullshit about how we exist but not really but actually yes but not exactly is not beneficial in any way. Beneficial to what? What is it to be beneficial if you don't know the single first thing about what you're doing, what you are or whether the thing you're exploring exists or not? These all claims about physics mattering rest on the assumption that anything in your life matters. If nothing mattered, you'd have no reason to continue doing anything, unless you admit that your self exists and the feelings it experiences matter. And at that point you've admitted that the exploration of the self and the things related to it is useful since your goals in life rest on those concepts.
Josiah Adams
The site has been down for like 10 minutes is it back up?
