The Answer to All Philosophical Questions Metaverseguy: Wittgenstein declared that all philosophical questions were simply word games in his tractatus logico-philosophicus and that he had solved all philosophical questions. Therefore, there are no philosophical questions. The end. CoIin: That would kinda kill this forum, dude Fortunately for us, after solving all philosophical questions in the Tractatus and disappearing to teach schoolchildren in some far-flung corner, he came to the conclusion a few years later that he had been wrong, and made a comeback. Ah, the brashness of youth. Looks like we're back in business. Keep the deep thoughts coming, folks duncan124: "A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point.[1] The question is used as a rhetorical device, posed for the sake of encouraging its listener to consider a message or viewpoint. Though these are technically questions, they do not always require a question mark. For example, the question "Can't you do anything right?" is asked not to gain information about the ability of the person being spoken to, but rather to insinuate that the person always fails." Not really philosophy unless you mean Wittgenstein always fails; which he does. Aura: I was actually making fun of the cliche so called philosophical questions such as What is the sound of one hand clapping? If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound? You know those right? And that would be the "Often a rhetorical question is intended as a challenge, with the implication that the question is difficult or impossible to answer." part of the explanation... Serabi: I added eleven - just to have my invaluable input! I like eleven or onety one as it should have been called. one_two_x_u: the answer to all philosophical questions is that there are no answers. everything is only sometimes right-ish. there's too much to explain and understand for any one thing so we can't really have any completely true answers. lori100: Answers are always available. They are hidden so the mind will develop and eventually uncover them. The koans such as 'What is the sound of one hand clapping' are designed to force one to think differently , to lead to greater insight into one's existence. ---------------------------------------------------From “The Early Sessions:” ---Seth by Jane Roberts---------- “The child must mature, and your system is a maturing ground, a very primary one…. A beginning school…” “The human race is a stage though which various forms of consciousness travel. Before you can be allowed into systems of reality that are more extensive and open, you must first learn to handle energy and see, through physical materialization, the concrete result of thought and emotion.” “In more advanced systems, thoughts, and emotions are automatically and immediately translated into action, into whatever approximation of matter there exists. Therefore, the lessons must be taught and learned well. The responsibility for creation must be clearly understood.” one_two_x_u: listing a bunch of hypotheses is not proof. can you prove that "we must learn to handle energy" "before you can be allowed into systems of reality"? can you even define what a "more extensive and open reality" is in a scientific way?! it helps nothing but the delusion that you "know" things when really you are just convincing yourself that someone's unproven theory is an answer (or even worse, the answer). lori100: umm....I'm gonna need some scientific proof that there are no answers.....it would be good if you could show the evidence in a test tube or petrie dish, or maybe under a microscope....and make it snappy...... one_two_x_u: scientific proof doesn't just simply refer to evidence that you could find in a lab. - defining something in a scientific way means there is some kind of scientific system which you would use as a method for defining things of a certain kind. one_two_x_u: you really want me to state the obvious and say 'observation'!? we know there are no answers because we can see that there are no conclusive answers. i can't observe the hypothesis that "we must learn to handle energy" - what does that even mean!!? one_two_x_u: there aren't any answers to 'all philosophical questions'. that's why they are philosophical questions. that's the point of them. there is no truth because we have discovered only tiny parts of what may (or may not) truth. being able to prove, for example, that paracetamol makes you better is simple. but it doesn't actually make you better. it just affects your pain receptors. what you think is true now may not be at all, or it may only be true sometimes or only partially true. that is why there are no answers. I'm only talking about in regards to philosophical questions and some of scientific ones - of which there are A LOT. considering how much we appear to know, we actually know very little and our methods (in medicine, in..pretty much every scientific branch) have very little theory behind them i wasn't asking you to prove anything. i was asking you if it was possible to. lori100: from your above post------can you prove that "we must learn to handle energy" "before you can be allowed into systems of reality"? ----------sounds like asking for proof to me.... CoIin: Philosophers can be divided into two kinds; those who believe philosophers can be divided into two kinds and those who don't. | Philosophy Chat Room 4 People Chatting Similar Conversations |