The Prog Mind

I will, however, tip my hat to you for cleverly using my own postscript as the exclamation point on your argument.  That was pretty cool. .   I'm probably in over my head, advancing what must sound like a load of mystical BS, but what the hey.  It's a topic that interests me.

Philosophy does not answer any of those, nor does it even attempt to get close to explaining any of them. In 3000 years of documented Philosophy we've not one single philosophical explanation of anything that has any practical application. In fact philosophy has been so self-absorbed it has managed to confuse itself on exactly what an explanation is such that it is impossible to give an explanation on what actually constitutes an explanation. Philosophy is never going to tell us what "life" actually is no matter how many philosophers we put onto the problem, we will never arrive at an explanation - an infinity of philosophers pounding at an infinity of typewriters for an eternity will result in precisely nothing... So Mr Kant, we arrive at the end of the Universe so it is time to see what you have produced in that eternity on your trusty Remington Model No.5, so let us look at what have you written here? "To be is to do", Right. Is that it? Really? The sum total of an infinity of years of work is six words that we in the trade call 'taking the piss'... you do realise that people will be making jokes about this in the future; anything else? "Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination"... right, I see, you managed a few more random words there that almost make sense... if you'd spent a night at the tavern on cheap wine that is; any other pearls of wisdom you wish to share? "Science is organised knowledge. Wisdom is organised life" .. okay, two nights in the tavern and a pipeful of wacky-baccy; one more before I throw you out? "I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief" ... somehow that doesn't surprise me one bit, you mind that door doesn't swing back and hit you on your arse as you leave... "Ingratitude is the essence of vileness." Oh, go home and annoy someone else.

 

Philosophy has never figured anything out and I honestly don't expect that it ever will, the process of looking for the answer is not the goal... that's like firing randomly at a wall, drawing targets around where the bullets didn't hit and feeling smug about it. "These aren't the droids you're looking for."

 

 

Well...you just don't understand it then.

 

 

Spot on......but the material reductionists simply don't get that,,, or don't want to.

To them it's all just hardwired brain cells, etc etc....nothing to see here move on.