I believe it is non-thinking.
But how can you not think, while being alive? Instincts?
Would it be better of to think more or think less? In particular situations one may give their own reasons. But what about the universally? One’s who existence?
Everything must have an opposite, right? Which HEraclitus puts it.
But you may ask, what is the opposite of a chair or a key or the color red?
I believe if you impose this particular question, the function of a chair is to sit, the opposite would be to stand. But there are no objects that would represent this, only its function . Same as the object of key. The opposite of red would be green, and you must know art to know this one.
yes in terms of art, but not in terms of light. so therefore red has more than one opposite, which is the true opposite? maybe neither…
maybe the idea of everything having an opposite is something that humans have imposed on the world to make sense of things, the opposite of up is down… so everything else must have an opposite.
, kind of… to make things easy.
But I believe most things work in degrees. The opposite of red is green, but what is the opposite of maroon, or of orangey red? and not everyone agrees on what colours things are anyway. Maybe the opposite of philosophy depends on what each individual defines philosophy as…
what do you define philosophy as, maybe then we can find the opposite…
The opposite of philosophy is the kind of thinking that produces paired opposites even when there is no reason to think the notion of opposites obtains.
You put it in a good way. Yet odd still. Red in terms of light would not be green, but blue in the doppler effect. And what you define philosophy as is a good way of putting it. But what makes you think so, is not philosophy means the same thing according to everyone? Surely everyone terms of philosophy may have a common similarity, but what makes it common?
I would at least give you something to specualte, I claim philosophy is supreme logic. The highest logic that one ought to do and follow. One that knows all but knows not how, knows essential things, and is like a prophet or those good buisness brokers that knows when to buy and to sell.
Next perhaps you will say something not logical, one not ought to follow and to do. But what is this that makes us think this way? I suspect it is practical reason and desires that inflicts us.
The opposite would be somesort of complementary. It is not bad, but it will be balance. Like some sort of golden mean.
How so guys? It seems everyone’s opposite agrees to my claim, which is practical wisdom or reasoning and desires.
The oppposite of standing is sitting? It’s not lying down, or squatting, or jumping? Or swimming or dancing a jig? Or is it running or falling down or diving?
Philosophy is an activity whereby we seek to separate good ideas from bad ones, and to develop the criteria by which we do that. Creating the faculty of good judgement about our lives and how we should live it. It’s the result of a desire that some people have to understand how to make choices effectively and beneficially.
But it’s an effort, not a position. It’s not a point in space, or a point of any kind, it’s more like one of many parallel lines. Or lines that aren’t parallel (I’m trying to ease into the metaphor). It’s not a direction, but a path. You can travel in opposite directions on the same path, but the Appalachian Trail has no opposite trail. You’re on your own when you philosophise.
Gotta machine head
better than the rest
Green to red, machine head
I feel the oppersite of philosophy is acting without much thought or on the consequences of your actions.
For instance if someone asked you why you were doing something and you answered “because I felt like it” and then gave no other reason to why you did such. Then I think this would be a candidate on the oppersite of philosophy.
Although to be fair, there is a field in philosophy, which allows and explains why people can do just as they please without having to explain themselves. However I think the idea of thought is critical in philosophy. So if you do something without thinking and cannot explain yourself or explain yourself with the distinction of ignorance then this should be the oppersite of philosophy.
As was indicated by my smart ass post previous to this one in tihs thread, I don’t think there is any real opposite to philosophy. Philosophy is the net that covers our lives, in fact, whether most people realize it or not, it is the intersections of those threads within the net that governs our emotions as rational beings.
There can be opposite to philosophy as it is a derivative to living. You yourself may be unaware to certain theories, but you cannot escape philosophy. No one ‘invents’ or comes up with theories, they simply get better at working previous observations about our world into lucid definitions; casting light on the suble chasms of meaning.
I would say the opposite of philosophy is the equivalent to pondering the ethics of being a dead corpse.
Well I guess the easier way of finding out what the oppersite of philosophy is, would be to define what philosophy actually is.
Although I would be very careful to avoid the assumption that everything is philosophy. It would be safer to say that you can philoserphize on anything and everything.
before we know what the opposite of something is shouldn’t we clearly know what that something is first. i couldn’t tell you what philosophy clearly is, so it would be far fetched to guess the opposite of something i couldn’t give you a clear account of. my best account of philosophy is that its the analysis of human perception and its relation to the human environment. of course that account is probably closer to an account of psychology.
further if i accepted that as an acurate account of philosophy…
what is the opposite of the analysis of human perception and its relation to the human environment? unconcious life/ but philosophy is not concious life so either somethings flawed in my definition of philosophy or i think philosophy might be like poetry insofar as they don’t have opposites or maybe both.
I hope everyone is enjoying this topic as I do . For I am at the point of falling of the edge of a cliff or going to fly off the cliff.
Blindseer~
Isn’t ignorance is due to high reasoning? Why would we want to be ignorant in the first place?
Faust~aka guiltygear?
Isn’t this supreme or high logic?
Gobbo~
So you will agree philosophy is logic and state the opposite is death, which someone who has no logic at all. Is not the opposite is something good, the reason that clings for a balance live, like some sort of golden mean? Ex. when there is pain there is pleasure and when there is pleasure there will be pain. Pain as in hardships, pleasure as rewards, in the sense of life and universal but not particular.
And is not emotion and illogic is the same as ignorance, in the previous posts? Aren’t we clinging to our senses and desires too much because of reasoning?
Not saying reasons are bad to have, nor am I saying the senses are bad and we should not trust the senses. MAybe I have misundersttod my question? Maybe I should have said what is the complementary of Philosophy? Then you may think in a different sense. Either logic and reasoning are different or I am wrong that they are one and the same thing.
