If philosophy means life, is that a general or personal term? At what point do we observe others in whatever discipline.We judge there history by their life and observations. That was then, what about now? What changes have been made from the creators then to now? Does any change effect the original discipline? If this discipline was two thousand years ago surely there has be changes? Thoughts please. pljames
In the earliest beginnings of philosophy included everything,the observation of life. There was observation, before philosophy. In the earliest times before philosophy, observation meant survival. Survival had value. In the earliest times survival value meant, if you didn’t or couldn’t observe, you might not survive. In the very earliest times survival was primarily of a personal nature. Secondarily it was your woman and kids.after that it was your clan.
Afterwards things speeded up. Nationalities warring , alliances, public policy , politics developed a necessary process, religion through the second covenant, the industrial revolution, religious wars, the enlightenment brought on a clear division between the natural science and metaphysics.
The gap tried to be filled by the metaphysical consciousness of thought, but as industrialisation affected more and more people, the other way of thinking, the one developed out of observation could not accept the logical certainty, because it was not based on observable fact.
But religion took the cue and tried to synthasize this conflict between the observable fact. And the necessity of distributing this consciousness,
And this is where we are today. We are at a stalemate between those that say it’s just playing games with words, albeit ones with intention, structure and an aesthetic organisation, based on a genetic map, against ones who claim the use of language to be totally based on a hit and miss of political expediency, which is nothing more than one coming from the way people behave.
These two languages form patterns of inter relation. Exclusive, totally inclusive, and partially inclusive. The last one offers hope, toward a more engaging discussion.