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Originally Posted by Zeitgeist  There will never be an end to peoples desire to find the answers. And some people will never be satisfied with answers that are not their own. There will never be an end to philosophy. As for its value, if you ask me its vanity. Just a way people have of wasting time and pretending to have deep 3-dimensional personalities until they die. They really dont have a clue, just like everyone else. |
The point of philosophy is not to find answers, but to understand critical thinking and debate.
I think this is why people don't see the value in it. The shell of the argument is a structure to be examined in it's own right. It doesn't matter what the conclusion is. We could study the philosophy of cheese, and sharpen debate skills on that. On a formal level, it's all the same.