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 Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:00 am
Where do you believe the direction of philosophy is heading? What topic or which method of thought will become prominent over the next half a century or so? What will happen to thought in the dawn of the 22nd century? Where is philosophy going, and why?
Since modernized societies and cultures are defiend by technology and the progression of science rather than religious or mythological ideologies, the "new" philosophy will be the philosophy of technology. The question of what humanity is and how humanity is affected by technology will be pondered, as well as the limits, freedoms, and changes that technology imposes upon humanity.
Ethics and morality are being discussed in today's thinktanks and by professionals in scientific, medical, political, and business-oriented careers. Stem-cells, cloning, space exploration, democracy, equality, blogging, and work ethic are but a few concepts that are constantly making news.
One question that I have that is not currently being debated is how will the value of an individual's life change with increasing life expectancy due to medical 'miracles' that help extend life to those who would have died a century ago. Also with extended life, how will the social and cultural scene change to adopt a new age of people who are healthy but of "retiring age."
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:44 am
I believe philosophy will go in the direction not so much of thinking up new ideas, but rather of evaluating and using old ones (and the past in general) to our advantage, technologically. Philosophers and scientists will be ever more interwound, and philosophy will be used in order to decide where next to go in science.
The value of a single person's life will greatly diminish, in my opinion, because a human life will become less fragile and more durable. A person will not have to be protected from death as much. Religion will slowly become weaker and weaker, although I doubt that the 22nd century would bring about suich drastic changes as religion's dissapearance altogether.
As people make scientific discoveries, religion is no longer needed to explain them. Philosophy is used, often, to explain things. Science is now used for that purpose, and philosophy will also go in that direction. Philosophy might become more passive, a reflection on progress more than a cause of it.
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Socrates in Disguise Captain
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:00 pm
I would have to disagree with Corrupt Harmony. Philosophy is the ideals a person believes in. Philosophy will never disapate because man's curiousity is too great. there's an old saying I'm not sure who it's by...it states that a philosopher's work is never done because if he answers even just one question 5 more take it's place. Man will always question. So there is no God...than why here? why now? what is the reasoning behind these far too coincidental events? the endless cycle will go on forever. While religion is already fading, philosophy will never become passive. They will never answer everything.
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:41 pm
the direction of philosophy... that way>>>
or that way<<<
or it will keep going in circle's because nothing is static
i think it should go the way of "let people be people let people die, give people the basic necassities to live and then leave them on there own to do whatever they want... as long as there contributing members of society does it really matter what they do... and why can't we just let the stupid people kill them selves" and yadda yadda...
anarchy selective anarchy comunism marxism capitalism manarchy socialism... they are all philosophies and none of them work as well as we'd hope but perhaps one day we'll figure it all out, then most likely we'll forget it... there is no single philosophy and getting people to agree is annoying and they always end up disagreeing at some point and if everything was static life would be boring...
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:01 pm
As Basho was said to have quoted Zanzan Daishi to one of his students, "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought."
I don't know the direction in which philosophy is headed, but I can hope it continues to do its job.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:20 am
I question the assertion that religion is fading. I think that depends on how you define religion. Religion is, in essence, a person's unifying philosophy of life. As philosophy isn't fading, neither is religion. I think it takes a hell of a lot of faith to be athiest as much as being theist, or to be a scientist for that matter.
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:45 am
The way I think of it is who cares where it's going, as long as it's still going?
As long as philosophy lives, there will be people like us who will talk about it from across the world. Same with religion, same with everything. The world turns not for us, but in spite of us.
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:23 am
I think individual philosophy reached its zenith with the moral relativism of the mid to late 1900's, I foresee philosophy taking one of two paths.
It will either fuse with religion, and become simply an instrument for Christian-Islamic dialogue (as per the theocentric philosophy of the Scholastics) or it will be drawn further from petty theological disputes and become more focused on the existential and humanist issues of individual freedoms, rights and the nature of coexistence.
I favour the latter.
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Socrates in Disguise Captain
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:40 am
Starlock I question the assertion that religion is fading. I think that depends on how you define religion. Religion is, in essence, a person's unifying philosophy of life. As philosophy isn't fading, neither is religion. I think it takes a hell of a lot of faith to be athiest as much as being theist, or to be a scientist for that matter. You are correct in your statements, Starlock. What i was referring to was the fact that most organized religion was on a decline. Faith will only disappear when physics changes and there is no more uncertainty.
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