Posts by rapidscout8

James Murphy3 said:Like you said, we all philosophize, but not all of us are philosophers.
There are those who actually are (the real deal), and those who aren't (the pretenders).

Why even frame it like that when it's actually super simple? You've got people who are philosophers by trade—like, it's their actual job. Everyone else just philosophizes sometimes, but if someone starts pondering the meaning of life, it doesn't mean they're some "fake" philosopher... it just means they aren't a professional philosopher to begin with!

We all have our own way of looking at the world, our own little life philosophies, we just don't go around teaching them at a university like the pros do.
I honestly think we're all just splitting hairs here.

James Murphy3 said:They aren't philosophers; you already answered that question yourself.

Like, why do you even need "true" when being a philosopher is enough?

I was just pointing out that the whole phrase is totally redundant.

James Murphy3 said:True philosophers are hard to come by. 🙂

So, what do you call the ones who aren't "real" then? 🤷

Look, we all sit around playing philosopher sometimes, but that doesn't mean we actually *are* philosophers.

mistyscout2 said:What I was actually getting at is that some questions just don't have answers because they aren't framed correctly to begin with. The kind of answer we end up with really just depends on how we choose to ask things.

I also think that certain questions—the ones that are actually well-constructed—are meant to act more like guides rather than things demanding a straight answer. Sometimes, a question exists just to help us stumble upon even clearer, better questions. In a way, you'll find that the answer is often already tucked away inside the question itself.

Wait, who gets to be the judge of whether a question is "flawed"? If the person supposed to provide the answer decides it's bad, does that automatically make it a good question just because it was evaluated?

Honestly, I’d argue there are way more wrong answers to perfectly good questions than there are right answers to bad ones.