Existential questions are deep and profound, philosophical
questions that concern our very existence, such as “How did we
get here”? “What is the meaning and purpose of my life’?
“Is there a God”? and “What happens to me when I die”?
Humans have been asking these questions for as long as we have been
able to think and reason, and each possible answer spawns a host of
additional questions. Existential questions are perhaps ultimately
unanswerable, but we must accept the challenge and try, and must
entertain the possibility that they may be. The author looks to
science and philosophy for answers to such questions. Both modes of
thought seek knowledge in their own manner, but philosophers must
develop a greater tolerance for ambiguity than scientists because
they ask many questions that are only partially amenable, or not at
all, to empirical testing, and for which there are no universally
agreed upon answers. Philosophy thus ventures into areas that
science cannot or will not go. Scientists and philosophers work
with different goals and are judged by different standards,
although they both share the tools of logic, conceptual analysis,
and rigorous argumentation. Questions for which we can acquire
definite answers though mathematics and experimentation are the
realm of science; questions for which we have no definite answers
are the grist for the philosopher’s mill. It is this intellectual
uncertainty in which the value of philosophy resides because it
engages a liberating doubt.
General
Imprint: |
Ethics International Press Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
Anthony Walsh
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80441-278-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-80441-278-3 |
Barcode: |
9781804412787 |
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