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Hi, I love philosophy and have recently been reading a lot about it. It interests me greatly but my mum just doesn't get it. I tried talking to her about it but she said it is "blather for blather's sake." This is ignorant of her i know, but I'm not sure why. What can i say to strengthen my argument and make her understand why it is so important?
Why is it so important to you that she contemplate it as seriously as you do?
What do you hope to gain from it?
How would her life be better by doing so?
There's nothing unwise about keeping your thoughts simple. One day you'll probably see that your old Mom has a lot of wisdom that you didn't have the frame of reference to recognize at the time (believe me, she does)
This quote comes to mind.
"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned."
--Mark Twain
I believe philiosophy is a healthy subject. You question the things in life and where they came from but i personally think people are skeptical because its mainly words not actions. Philosophers think. I don't think your mum is ignorant. To be honest with you (and no offence) but how many philosophers nowadays do you hear about, your mum probably wants the best for you in life. Nevertheless philosophy is fascinating so you should keep reading about it
To say that your Mom's attitude spells ignorance on her part does not spell intelligence on your part. Your Mom is coming from a different perspective. Did she ever have the chances you have in education? To be honest, philosoophy does not put a meal on the table, nor does it wash the clothes and iron the shirts and clean the house. But you can sit under the tree and discuss the merits of it all in grand style, while your Mom is there doing all the work.
In the Age of Enlightment men would debate for hours, literal hours, on even the smallest of topics. They were very learned men, granted, and some had profound thoughts. Such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Leibniz, etc. Philosophy leads us to discoveries of the wonders in the world and in human nature.
Philosophy is a valuable study, should be a mandatory study even in junior high, but it is not meant to replace what some called plain common sense.
Hi, I love philosophy and have recently been reading a lot about it. It interests me greatly but my mum just doesn't get it. I tried talking to her about it but she said it is "blather for blather's sake." This is ignorant of her i know, but I'm not sure why. What can i say to strengthen my argument and make her understand why it is so important?
Thanks xxxx
One reason philosophy is important, you might explain to your mother, is that it entails the highest form of thought…critical thinking. Informal logic is a basis for learning how to tell the difference between a poor argument and a good one, and is the ground on which good philosophy rests.
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