Not all that surprising
The top three three, in particular, are not surprising at all. Nor is it surprising to find Kant and Plato all the way down at the bottom. *g* But it was amusing!
Which philosopher are you?
Your Result: Sartre/Camus (late existentialists)
The world is absurd. No facts govern it. We live well once we truly accept the world's absurdity. YOU give ( Read more... )
Which philosopher are you?
Your Result: Sartre/Camus (late existentialists)
The world is absurd. No facts govern it. We live well once we truly accept the world's absurdity. YOU give ( Read more... )
Well, YEAH, but that's because I worked in Congress, not because of my major. *g* Political philosophy bears about as much relationship to politics as they're practiced as classical physics does to the way the average engineer works. I love political theory passionately, but real-life politics burned me out within two years.
Philosophy is passion for me, because it's just the way I'm wired, but I'd be the first to admit that it isn't the most obviously practical subject. And yes, you're right that it isn't provable in the usual concrete sense; it's more like an ongoing debate over the history of humanity. The quality of the argument matters, but physical evidence isn't ever going to appear and validate one philosopher's point of view.
True, since science cant prove issues of faith or other non measurable intangilbles. If you can't prove it or measure it, anyone can argue just about anything and no one is right.
See, this is exactly what Nietzsche is saying, actually. He isn't anti-science. He just knows that it has its limits, and there are some mysteries that science will never solve. (This is in contrast to Socrates, who believes that science will bring rationality and Truth.)
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My aritstole/sorcates defense is there are just some things we do not have the science to prove. =). The unknown is simply worthy of study. Everything is provable or disproved.
I would love questions of the universe answerd, but right now I don't think we have the science to answer it. =)
Actually- Physics has a lot to with current engineering. =) Sorry politicans donot jive with politcal theory. But maybe you could be an advisor and try and fix that. =) grins at image of blue flailing books at congress.
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