What Is The Difference Between Philosophy And Rational Thought ?

[Annabeli]

what does philosophy teach anyone that basic common sense cannot bring to the equation ?

[Emperor360]

Hmmmmm! Going back to the school of thought.

[techy]

common sense thoughts that doesn't looks common before you analize them, your post is your philosophy on philosophy

[Vertrex]

Take for example the bible.

 

If I remember correctly (please correct me on this), Jesus said to "Love thy neighbour".

 

Ok I get the meaning and what it's implying. Of-course, getting friendly with your neighbour is good and all. But, what if your neighbour turns out to be a real jerk. What then? Will common sense tell you to avoid him or will that teaching tell you to try and become their friend? Common sense or teachings?

 

This is a question I never asked myself because, well... I and my mother (dad's job taken him far away) tend to keep ourselves to ourselves. We do not mix along with our neighbour.

[tonysidaway]

The term "philosophy" is often used in a rather vague way, but a philosopher is someone who studies knowledge--that is, her subject is not the acquisition of knowledge, but the study of knowledge as a topic. So one of the first modern philosophers, Rene Descartes, asked "how do I know I exist?" Gottfried Leibniz tackled the concept of God as the necessary being, and also asked in his Theodicy, if God is omnipotent and benevolent, why do evil things happen? Both were trying to construct, from fairly basic assumptions such as the reliability of human reason, a system of knowledge.

 

One lasting legacy that philosophy has given us--whatever you think of the likes of Leibniz and Descartes--is the ability to think clearly about thought.