Philosophy
Most of the time what I write is passed of as philosophy. And sadly this is because people dont know whats exactly is philosophy.
Philosophy, Psychology, Logic, Rationalism these all are related but not the same.
According to wiki philosophy is "Philosophy is a discipline or field of study involving the investigation, analysis, and development of ideas at a general, abstract, or fundamental level. It is the discipline in search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means". The word philosophy means love of wisdom.
Where as psychology deals exclusively with mind, thought , behaviour and there nuerological basis. Mind is philosophy is a product of mind. But that doesnt mean you will study philosophy for psychology. But you will study that part of philosophy or you should that pertains to ones mind. Philosophy as a field is a vast area. There is some arguments which say that its about how we live thus unique to each individual.
LOGIC and Rationalism are supposed to be branches of philosophy itself. The word logic means only that its a word. Its supposed to stand for thought and reason.There is a lot of differing opinion on this subject. Usually a logical approach consist of going through all the required steps in the thinking process so that you wont take any thing for granted. Where you will go through all the steps. Yes its supposed to be a rigourous process and does take a lot of time. Because while advancing in each stage we are supposed to think about every aspect of the problem. So usually what happens is people of same school of thought try to advance this field by a concerted effort. Just as in other areas of knowledge and experience.
Rationalism is simply thought based on facts and reasons. So you take the fact and put a reason to get the result as simple as that. Not at all complicated. You are using logical thinking here to put the result. In reality you are not supposed to take anything for granted as in logic but nobody really wants to reinvent the wheel. And there are effective methods to check whether our assumptions are right or wrong.
What all this means to a common man is if you are aware more about these things your horizon of the thoughts expands to levels which you never thought existed. If you think more about these it will explode. You will be changed. You will be better equipped to live in this world. You will have necessary tools at your disposal to face the challenges that are thrown to you. Its is not about saying something is absolute it is just about what is optimal.
Philosophy, Psychology, Logic, Rationalism these all are related but not the same.
According to wiki philosophy is "Philosophy is a discipline or field of study involving the investigation, analysis, and development of ideas at a general, abstract, or fundamental level. It is the discipline in search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means". The word philosophy means love of wisdom.
Where as psychology deals exclusively with mind, thought , behaviour and there nuerological basis. Mind is philosophy is a product of mind. But that doesnt mean you will study philosophy for psychology. But you will study that part of philosophy or you should that pertains to ones mind. Philosophy as a field is a vast area. There is some arguments which say that its about how we live thus unique to each individual.
LOGIC and Rationalism are supposed to be branches of philosophy itself. The word logic means only that its a word. Its supposed to stand for thought and reason.There is a lot of differing opinion on this subject. Usually a logical approach consist of going through all the required steps in the thinking process so that you wont take any thing for granted. Where you will go through all the steps. Yes its supposed to be a rigourous process and does take a lot of time. Because while advancing in each stage we are supposed to think about every aspect of the problem. So usually what happens is people of same school of thought try to advance this field by a concerted effort. Just as in other areas of knowledge and experience.
Rationalism is simply thought based on facts and reasons. So you take the fact and put a reason to get the result as simple as that. Not at all complicated. You are using logical thinking here to put the result. In reality you are not supposed to take anything for granted as in logic but nobody really wants to reinvent the wheel. And there are effective methods to check whether our assumptions are right or wrong.
What all this means to a common man is if you are aware more about these things your horizon of the thoughts expands to levels which you never thought existed. If you think more about these it will explode. You will be changed. You will be better equipped to live in this world. You will have necessary tools at your disposal to face the challenges that are thrown to you. Its is not about saying something is absolute it is just about what is optimal.
posted by aravind at 6:25 PM
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I have a question.
If the world were full of philosophers, would it be a better place?
Well the fact is the world is full of supposedly philosophers. Maybe not in the common sense of the word. It is just that everyone thinks to some extent thus making them philosophers to different extent according to there capabilities and interest.
As for world being a better place thats pure conjecture. Because what might be is not something I cant comment on now.
Because the complexity of world is a lil short of bewildering. Still I can simply guess.
Most probably it would be because if we think more before acting most of the problems would be reduced. Its is about just following the proverb "Look before you leap". I would ask you to look atleast while you are in the act of leaping because atleast then you can land better.
philosophy is the love of knowledge.
all that we learn is philosophy.
yet people think that philosophers are a separate breed or species.
why?
Good. Succint
"Most of the time what I write is passed of as philosophy"
Who said that??!!!!! I really want to know!
Well more than one person for that matter. If you want to know who it is. Contact me.
If you have to say something constructive you should say it. IF not "GET LOST".
Wow you have given this some thought!!!
I was irritated to no end with people confusing philosophy, psychology and psychiatry.
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