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Big Philosophical Questions - Why They Matter and Why They Still Around

Big philosophical questions – questions concerning our mind, goodness, justice, beauty, knowledge and the like – have been the prime interest of philosophers ever since Plato first raised them in his dialogues. However, regardless of how hard they have been trying to find answers to them, all they managed to do was to find reasons for disagreements, and have, on the whole, failed to reach consensus over pretty much anything. Because of this unfortunate fact, some philosophers now claim that there isn’t much progress in philosophy, especially when compared to the sciences. I take up this verdict and try to refute it, first by offering an alternative view on what counts as progress, and then by analyzing big philosophical questions and their relevance for our intellectual and practical pursuits. I argue that, due to the distinctive nature of philosopher’s curiosity, coming up with answers to the big philosophical questions is an ideal hardly to be satisfied, but that philosophy nevertheless delivers a lot of benefits, intellectual and practical, which the proponents of the No-progress View tend to ignore

big philosophical questions, curiosity, No-Progress View of philosophy, truth, understanding

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