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Itse · 07-30-2009, 02:49 PM

What, late again!?! Sorry, sorry...

When I was younger I used to like philosophy quite a bit, and I assume I had some sort of a knack for it, being that I was so much encouraged to actually take up philosophy as a scientific career (by some university professors no less). Possibly unfortunately I couldn't see myself earning a living doing something as useless, as intriguing as it might have been.

Another reason for me to pretty much give up philosophy was this dead Scottish guy. Simultaneously a highly enlightening read, and some true dead ends in thinking (although very interesting ones).

So in the Thinker/Philosopher category, team HeroQuest chooses another personal hero (I count Gandhi there too, Häyhä not so much), Scottish philosopher David Hume. (1711–1776)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume

He wrote a lot of good stuff about causality and induction, practical reasoning, ethics,
morals and so on. Check out Wikipedia for starters, it's good stuff.

Causality? Induction? Circular reasoning I say! Miracles? You'd be a fool to believe in them, even if one happened right in front of your eyes. Necessity and liberty? Can't have one without the other you know. Reason schmeason, let's face it, it's our passions that really move us. And who are all these idiots who don't know "is" from "ought"?

He apparently was a pretty good historian too.

EDIT: I really like this draft.

07-30-2009, 02:49 PM	#91
Itse Franchise Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Helsinki, Finland Exp:	What, late again!?! Sorry, sorry... When I was younger I used to like philosophy quite a bit, and I assume I had some sort of a knack for it, being that I was so much encouraged to actually take up philosophy as a scientific career (by some university professors no less). Possibly unfortunately I couldn't see myself earning a living doing something as useless, as intriguing as it might have been. Another reason for me to pretty much give up philosophy was this dead Scottish guy. Simultaneously a highly enlightening read, and some true dead ends in thinking (although very interesting ones). So in the Thinker/Philosopher category, team HeroQuest chooses another personal hero (I count Gandhi there too, Häyhä not so much), Scottish philosopher David Hume. (1711–1776) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume He wrote a lot of good stuff about causality and induction, practical reasoning, ethics, morals and so on. Check out Wikipedia for starters, it's good stuff. Causality? Induction? Circular reasoning I say! Miracles? You'd be a fool to believe in them, even if one happened right in front of your eyes. Necessity and liberty? Can't have one without the other you know. Reason schmeason, let's face it, it's our passions that really move us. And who are all these idiots who don't know "is" from "ought"? He apparently was a pretty good historian too. EDIT: I really like this draft. Last edited by Itse; 07-30-2009 at 02:54 PM.