Timeline for Where lies the distinction between "whatenever I am thinking about" and "proper" philosophy?
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| Dec 14, 2012 at 4:11 | comment | added | stoicfury Mod | With philosophy it is indeed somewhat less clear what's acceptable and what's not, especially for the layperson. Thank you for bringing your particular situation to our attention the proper way. As for your question, with a little development and tweaking, I think it would be just fine for the site. Consider a similar question I asked a while back on veganism; there I gave ample context and attempted to find the gaps in the logical justification of a particular form of veganism. Yours reads too much as simply asking about status quo veganism. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 22:51 | answer | added | Joseph WeissmanMod | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 20:57 | comment | added | gerrit | What I find difficult is how to establish whether a problem lies within the field of philosophy or not. I haven't read the works of major philosophers, and I don't really know what they've been talking about except on a very basic level :) | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 20:54 | comment | added | Joseph Weissman Mod | I might suggest it's actually almost the opposite :) If it's not actually a problem you're facing in the study of philosophy, it's likely not on-topic. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 20:42 | comment | added | gerrit | Might I summarise that if I want to know because I want to know it could be philosophical, but if I want to know because I have a practical problem, then is not? | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 20:39 | comment | added | Joseph Weissman Mod | As you sensed, it's part of the nuance of the word philosophy, right? The basic issue is whether concern "behind" the question is primarily philosophical -- rather than, say, the concern of some other academic discipline (history, sociology, etc.) This is one of the reasons why providing as much detail as possible on the context and motivations of questions is so important, since it helps us distinguish between the two cases (which is often non-trivial!) | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 19:59 | history | asked | gerrit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |