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What's something you know about philosophy? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by sem@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I was just thinking about how the last time i learned any philosophy was 15+ years ago, so i wonder, what's something y'all know about philosophy? Let's talk about it!

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

There are many branches in philosophy, and it's easy to mix them up. Depends on what you're into.

Ethics: notions of right and wrong and moral values.
Epistemology: questions of knowledge. How do we know what we know.
Metaphysics: ideas of space, time, existence.
Aesthetics: appreciation of art, beauty, music, literature, etc.
Logic: for the math-oriented. How do we reason and arrive at conclusions? If X, then Y.
Language: how we communicate. Meaning of words, symbols, and metaphors.
Phrenology: method of relieving cranial pressures.
Science: how to reason about the physical world.
Religion: Understanding the divine and how we fit in.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

How does phrenology belong in that list? It's a pseudoscience.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I was about to say, just gonna sneak phrenology in there. The bogus racist study of skulls, unless op meant something different