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Single Idea 5631
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
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Full Idea
All interest of my reason (the speculative as well as the practical) is united in the following three questions: 1) What can I know?, 2) What should I do?, and 3) What may I hope?
Gist of Idea
Reason is only interested in knowledge, actions and hopes
Source
Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], B833/A805)
Book Ref
Kant,Immanuel: 'Critique of Pure Reason', ed/tr. Guyer,P /Wood,A W [CUO 1998], p.677
A Reaction
Maybe reason is also interested in itself. And presumably it doesn't lose interest in what is clearly unknowable, or unachievable, or beyond all hope?
The
18 ideas
with the same theme
[philosophy explores where reason take us]:
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15447
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We shouldn't always follow where the argument leads!
[Lewis on Plato]
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23767
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The winds of the discussion should decide its destination
[Plato]
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5891
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Philosophy is the collection of rational arguments
[Cicero]
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17240
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Definitions are the first step in philosophy
[Hobbes]
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5631
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Reason is only interested in knowledge, actions and hopes
[Kant]
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21406
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Because there is only one human reason, there can only be one true philosophy from principles
[Kant]
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6184
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Consistency is the highest obligation of a philosopher
[Kant]
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21753
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If we look at the world rationally, the world assumes a rational aspect
[Hegel]
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19241
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An idea on its own isn't an idea, because they are continuous systems
[Peirce]
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24143
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Thinkers might agree some provisional truths, as methodological assumptions
[Nietzsche]
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17641
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Discoveries in mathematics can challenge philosophy, and offer it a new foundation
[Russell]
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5189
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Philosophers should abandon speculation, as philosophy is wholly critical
[Ayer]
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21896
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Philosophy aims to build foundations for thought
[Derrida, by May]
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15209
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Like disastrous small errors in navigation, small misunderstandings can wreck intellectual life
[Harré/Madden]
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9808
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Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics
[Badiou]
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6851
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We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting
[Monk]
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9593
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Progress in philosophy is incremental, not an immature seeking after drama
[Williamson]
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6855
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Interesting philosophers hardly every give you explicitly valid arguments
[Martin,M]
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