Hume eventually said one might as well be a philosopher as anything else - meaning it as a way of life amongst many. Philosophers do turn to practical matters and philosophising is part of social and science activity. The immense precision of some science, including the recognition we are still aproximating in setting quantitative 'devices' (the Ludwig and Snell programmes) relies in part on philosophical-logical methods. None of this helps get rid of Mugabe very directly. I'm always genuinely impressed by good thinking, if sometimes a little jealous of it. The books and papers have not translated well into action, but as Chaz says (and does in his own posts) there is some relief and importance to be gleaned. I once felt we had the ideas and needed to get them into practically significant action - believing there was an application methodology perhaps. I am now more inclined to the view that we have serious pathology to confront in communicative action - actually a very old story. Some kind of use of history-philosophy as Chaz has often presented is the beginning of an answer. I suspect we are trapped by the ease with which lies and forgetting make our politics simple - yet surely philosophy that is so complex none of us can understand much of it cannot provide a democratic base? What philosophy can do is promote ideas of what we could do socially. The ideas of Donaldson, Habermas, Rawls and others all suggest the establishment of a tolerant, communicative space for governance - we might add Foucault and Rose in stressing this may only produce a govern-mentality of docile bodies - perhaps village-idiot rule through an elite without integrity? Philosophers have often been court-jesters.
On 6 Nov, 16:31, "Strich.9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 31, 7:52 am, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > frameworks of everyday life permutations, adding value to humanity. > > > > > A Call for practical philosophy > > There is work, and there is play. Which is more important? It > depends. > > There is practical science, and there is philosophy? Which is more > important? It depends. > > It depends on what your view on life is, what your situation on life > is, and how much cognitive horsepower you were endowed with, among > others. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
