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to grok Why

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 6:00 pm
by Advocate
Why questions are of two kinds;

a) How?
which is a scientific question, not a philosophical one

b)! From what intent/to what end?
which requires a pre-existing mind

Re: to grok Why

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:47 pm
by Atla
Advocate wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 6:00 pm a) How?
which is a scientific question, not a philosophical one
Again, assuming that all there is to philosophy is 'actionable certainty'.
But that's just a mockery of philosophy. When we are faced with 'how' questions that science can't fully answer, we resort to philosophizing.