• Arne
    836
    Usually they are people who prefer to be alone than constantly around others. They are people who care about politics and the arts. They are writers. They are introspective and educated. Usually highly educated. They want the world changed in one way or many ways.Rob J Kennedy

    I prefer to be alone and always have. I care about politics and the arts. I write. I have a doctorate. I suspect most people want the world to change.

    With the exception of my years as an undergraduate, the always changing primary group of people in which I circulated never contained anyone even remotely as interested in philosophy as myself.

    I have been interested in philosophy at least since the age of 3 when I had a non-traumatic yet fundamental understanding of the always already existing world in which I found myself.
  • Rob J Kennedy
    63
    Yes Arne, almost everyone I know that sees philosophy as more than just an idea, or something in books, fits that description.

    Glad to know there are others. I just wish I personally knew some.

    All the best,
    Rob
  • jkop
    947
    what makes a person interested in philosophy?Rob J Kennedy
    A variety of things can make a person interested in philosophy, but in general I think the subject satisfies curiosity and will to think clearly. Unlike a scientific question, a philosophical question has no decisive answer. Therefore, philosophy attracts varieties of thought, including anti-intellectual, religious, political, or sophistry masquerading as "philosophy". All of them showing you aspects of human nature.
  • Sam26
    2.7k
    You can't escape philosophy. Most people's view of philosophy is much too narrow. Philosophy permeates all of life. It doesn't matter the subject, the arts, science, ethics, consciousness, religion, and even games, all of these subjects have a philosophical side. Philosophy necessarily emerges from the questions we ask across a wide swathe of domains: What is beauty? What is mathematical truth? How do we determine the best chess move? What is best for my family? How do we align a particular architectural design with our goals? All of us who think, and ask questions, are doing philosophy.
  • kazan
    315
    @Rob J Kennedy

    Philosophy is process.

    Process[(,that,) is only limited when expressed incorporating (a) subject.

    [ The bracketed (,that,) and (a) are optional for the above sentence's intended preferred meanings.]

    No expression, no subject, no limit.

    And

    Perhaps, any form of teaching of process directs and thereby limits process?

    Limiting process may cause resentment or enjoyment of process.

    Perhaps this is one answer/simple explanation as to why some of us enjoy, and others have less positive thoughts about, philosophy?



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