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RE: A comment by @jeff-kubitz on the ty-tyxhefestus debate (Letters 7.1)
how can one determine by philosophy whether or not such things are true or false?
I try to give a short answer on this question.
Philosophy in its core, in its main realm gives no answers but asks questions. So, it does in most cases not even try to expand knowledge. Instead it tries to expand wisdom on what knowledge can be. It tries to eliminate errors in ways of thinking and concluding. It tries to help clarify what truth may be. The topmost question which philosophy asks is what man(kind) might be, and it gives no answer but only hints.
This was very simplified by me.
Some of philosophy is like what you say but the materialists specifically state what is what and what should be usually their philosophy is based on no evidence.
I asked a woman from China if she had heard of the ancient civilization Mu. She had and elaborated that it was a very great civilization to the west that disappeared long ago.
I said it can only have been located here in North and South America or in Australia. She looked at me and said you might be correct. What is west of Europe, Asia Minor, and Africa and across the Atlantic? Atlantis and Mu?
Edward Casey who was psychic said there was a civilization in the Caribbean that sank. I saw an article or many now that talks about how Australia used the be much larger but a lot sank(Or the water rose?). Oceanic mappers and geologists have published drawings of the huge shelf around Australia that is under water.
Still, is it correct? I have observed a number rock carvings that are ancient reliefs. Somebody published there was a pyramid in a Wisconsin lake that is completely under water.
I understand the simplified explanation but again not all philosophy is the same. For example, is the world nothing but economics?
We not live in the garden Eden like I state sometimes here we are chatting on opposite sides of the Earth and that is a very new thing. And with a handheld device as well.
Will we screw it up one more time? Choose the worst possible possibility solely because we are very naive? Just put a few spacecraft up into heavens, some satellites, and longer ranged telescopes? Now we know it all: yes I do know what type of philosophy you talk about. Be happy.
This goes deep into the subject of hidden history and the possibility of precursor civilizations. I am very interested in that subject and I think it deserves further attention, and, maybe, a couple of posts. You may get challenged to comment on it soon. :)))
Very right!
In this respect I'd like to regard for example most theology to be such a type of philosophy.
Since 'Philosophy' is not a protected trade mark, everyone can subsume his/her/its thoughts under philosophy's name. (What theologians never would do, but many scientists and followers of scientism.) These all claim to act on truth. They differ 'only' in the methods and in the presumptions. This is crucial.
This is very right and goes beyond my shortly given answer.
The key to these observations I held to be the mentioned annotation that 'Philosophy' is not a trademark. Every text can be claimed to be philosophy.
A very good, brief explanation that I fully agree with.