What is Philosophy?
Philosophy takes problems, questions, and concepts which have too little concrete evidence to be "definitively" solved by science. I consider philosophy to be the step prior to science. It applies hypothetical perspectives, using concepts, functions and ideas from other areas of knowledge.
Various perspectives can be taken, considered, and applied, to test accuracy. This is similar to science, but with less distinct factors of the equation. Philosophically testing ideas can be effectively done through hypothesis, then application of logic and reasoning. Once a topic or question is taken, a broad range of potentials for the reasoning of the solution can be considered, then narrowed down by probable cause and effect, using logical comprehension.
Logic seems to be a significant component for the effective practice of philosophy. It’s an effective method for discerning the most probable solution. Using reasoning to determine the most probable cause of any result, logic applies order to, why any given process occurs, by rationalizing whether the function of how the process occurs, fits with common knowledge of function. Without logic, a hypothetical conclusion is likely to be meaningless, as the result would be determined ambiguously.
The other most significant attribute of an individual to practice philosophy, is likely being open-minded. In order to objectively and unbiasedly analyse a topic or question, which has vague variables and isn’t fully understood by any field of expertise, an open mind seems very effective. Related to what I wrote about recently, Closed -mindedness causes a narrow perspective on any given topic, by repetition of actions, thoughts and memory access. A mind that repeatedly uses the same thoughts, will simply use the same information and ideas that already exists on the subject. Similar neural pathways are used each time the individual comes across a situation with similar factors. As I posted a couple yrs ago, Open -mindedness enables the potential to consider various possibilities, and beneficially apply logic, to consider the probability of those new possibilities. This seems like an important component to philosophy, in order to take ideas and concepts from other areas of knowledge and experiences, and then further consider the relative applicability of those concepts toward the topic or question at hand.
The other most significant attribute of an individual to practice philosophy, is likely being open-minded. In order to objectively and unbiasedly analyse a topic or question, which has vague variables and isn’t fully understood by any field of expertise, an open mind seems very effective. Related to what I wrote about recently, Closed -mindedness causes a narrow perspective on any given topic, by repetition of actions, thoughts and memory access. A mind that repeatedly uses the same thoughts, will simply use the same information and ideas that already exists on the subject. Similar neural pathways are used each time the individual comes across a situation with similar factors. As I posted a couple yrs ago, Open -mindedness enables the potential to consider various possibilities, and beneficially apply logic, to consider the probability of those new possibilities. This seems like an important component to philosophy, in order to take ideas and concepts from other areas of knowledge and experiences, and then further consider the relative applicability of those concepts toward the topic or question at hand.
Understanding concepts seems like an important aspect of using logic and open-mindedness. As I further described, in a post from last year; Carry the Concept, concepts are a significant tool in the practice of attempting to comprehend the function of an undefined process. Considering philosophy to be a mechanism for explaining an undefined process, carrying a concept can be used as a method to extract the cause and effect from a known concept, then apply the same cause and effect to the new undefined process. If the variables in the new questioned process, are within the maximum extents of the contextual concept, to cause the same effect of result, then the concept is “carryable” to the new scenario.
After the step of philosophy is taken for a questionable process of function, and a probable hypothesis is implemented, the post-applicability is, considering that hypothetical concept for effective application in other concepts which are relative to the new hypothesis. It can be considered by others for agreeable applicability, and by the individual, within other relative areas of knowledge, from that point on. Some hypotheses might eventually have enough evidence to be more accurate and measurable (either by experimentation, or new discoveries (potentially enabled by technology)), and may be bumped to the next measurably accurate step, of science.
As philosophy is a method of considering potential reasoning for an undefined process, to then determine a probable cause, it seems to be a very significant method of narrowing down likely explanations. Within a world of many undefined variables and concepts, philosiphication should be a very useful tool, for any individual to apply beneficial comprehension to various questions in life. Perhaps even more significantly, the most effective tool for humanity to further understand the multitude of unknown workings of the interactions, of the vastly complex combinations of variables in modern day life, may just be Philosophy.
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