Friday, March 6, 2009
HOW DO WE KNOW?
Yes. This is indeed an intriguing question. Granted that we know the question is how? Is there any special instrument with which man is equipped that gives him the ticket to gain knowledge? Philosophers are generally divided over this question
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
the question of knowledge
What is Knowledge?
Knowledge is establishing a relation with that which is beyond me. When I look around and see the running water I desire to know its source, its path and its ultimate end. The night sky with millions of statrs and a cresent moon, makes me curious and I want to know how they hang out there but I cant? Who lights up the little lamps and who puts them off when the sun appears? The path of the sun seems fixed but who did it? It was not difficult for our early ancestors to experience a pattern in the workings of all that he was surrounded by, his environment. The winter snow melting into soft green grass of spring, little shoots and buds changing slowly but surely into leaves ,flowers and fruits, then falling away in autumn, all this aroused that little part of man 'rationality' . This was his special trait, which drew a thin line between him and the beast who could not enjoy the pink dawn or oopaque twilight. Philosophy came naturally to man. He started to philosophise long before he developed a religion. But how do we know?
Knowledge is establishing a relation with that which is beyond me. When I look around and see the running water I desire to know its source, its path and its ultimate end. The night sky with millions of statrs and a cresent moon, makes me curious and I want to know how they hang out there but I cant? Who lights up the little lamps and who puts them off when the sun appears? The path of the sun seems fixed but who did it? It was not difficult for our early ancestors to experience a pattern in the workings of all that he was surrounded by, his environment. The winter snow melting into soft green grass of spring, little shoots and buds changing slowly but surely into leaves ,flowers and fruits, then falling away in autumn, all this aroused that little part of man 'rationality' . This was his special trait, which drew a thin line between him and the beast who could not enjoy the pink dawn or oopaque twilight. Philosophy came naturally to man. He started to philosophise long before he developed a religion. But how do we know?
Sunday, March 1, 2009
what is philosophy
I have been wondering ever since I took up lecturship as my job that I would make available to all who are interested , the basic idea about 'philosophy' as a subject. This is specially for all who are not students of philosophy but interested to know about the subject. Today I will introduce the word 'philosophy'.
Let us start with the question 'what is philosophy?' philosophy is a combination of two words 'philo' and 'sophia'philo meaning love and sophia means knowledge.Hence a philosopher is one who is engaged in the pursuit of knowledge. philosophy began in 'wonder' as man wondered about the events like sunrise and sunset, and change of seasons, he started asking questions about himself, the purpose of his life and the cause of all the changes he observed. Thus began seeking knowledge, began philosophy.
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