Ernie : May I ask what philosopher you have been reading ? OK, the pre-Socratics didn't do much research. But before Socrates there wasn't all that much TO research. But ever since then research has been intrinsic to most philosophy, if not all philosophy. I once did a study of Socrates' references to his teacher, the priestess Diotima. Not sure if this is pure research, but he sure in heck was her student at one time, learning all the lessons she could teach him, and that set of experiences provided Socrates with a lifelong "textbook" to refer to, through many years to come. Maybe more relevant, Thomas Aquinas refers to other philosophers he had studied in just about everything he wrote. But this is true for Hegel and Nietzsche and many others. Well, there have been scores of philosophers. While at one time I did try to read them all , these days I focus on just those that are most important to me. And those all refer to other thinkers who they have read carefully and thought about deeply. So, the question again is, which philosophers are you referring to ? Billy -------------------------------------------------------------- 11/17/2011 9:05:57 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Billy, On Nov 17, 2011, at 2:35 AM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: There is no profession that does not rely on research to validate what it is responsible for doing. Philosophers :-) Of course, you could make the counter-arwgument they aren't actually responsible for doing anything... -- Ernie P. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/) -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
