From: Robin Brouwer (rsbrouwer@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 06 2005 - 15:51:28 BST
>Hi Erin et al.
>
>To me philosophology is when the writing is very static and offers nothing
>original;
>merely rote regurgitation of someone elses ideas without having made any
>real thought
>as to the quality of those classifications. A lot like the activity which
>one is
>expected to do in school. But that's not to say there is zero creativity
>in
>philosophologists or in schools either, it is just that they won't admit to
>being
>aware or are not aware (in the zen sense) to the creative qualitys'
>existence. I think
> this is where the line should be drawn.
>
>David
>
Hi Erin, David and all,
In my opinion I'd say that any philosopher that follows or counters another
philosopher in his or her "truth", and creates its own philosophy based on
the contradictions or similarities he or she finds with the existing
philosophies could be called a philosophologists.
Any philosopher that does not blindly follow the "truths" found by someone
before him, but instead questions them and afterwards chooses to either
embrace them or to come up with a different opinion can be called a
philosopher. And as in Pirsigs example any person that comes up with a
genuine new idea would indeed also qualify to be a philospher.
Further in my opinion a philosopher that counters someone else's "truth"
with the "truth" of another philosopher could also be called a
philosophologists.
There is indeed creativity in quoting several previous philosophers to make
your own point, or counter someone else's, however I would not call such a
person a philosopher.
Robin
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