Does Heart participate in Philosophical Thinking ?

Question

Does Heart participate in Philosophical Thinking ?

Answer 1

My heart responds: bump bump, bump bump, bump bump...

All kidding aside, it's not an immediate straightforward answer.

Although you might not guess it reading the Yahoo boards, Philosophy requires a person to apply the reason to the problem at hand. In a certain sense, it is "heartless." You aren't supposed to care whether or not you like the conclusions you reach.

However, in a certain sense, this is not heartless. By having a set of rules that you can apply to solve problems in an orderly, noncontradictory manner, a sense of hope emerges. By living a life without goals that are in conflict with one another, you can find peace and fulfillment. In this sense, the *use* of philosophy in general is uplifting and, sometimes, exciting, even if the actual *methods* of philosophy don't rely on emotion.

Think of it like reading a book: each word and chapter just conveys pieces of information, but your overall sense of the story can bring pleasure, relaxation, or motivation.

Answer 2

the heart pumps blood to all parts of the body keeping us alive... that's the function of the heart...... it does not participate in philosophical thinking... our brain does!

Answer 3

your heart and emotions contribute to your beliefs so yes

Answer 4

Of course, Heart participates in philosophical thinking (mildly philosophical, anyway)!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxfdDrKO8...

Answer 5

Sure does,  dear!  

Otherwise it would be Science...hard-core Science!

Answer 6

I reckon so, my heart is just not in it tonight & my mind wont cooperate without it.

Answer 7

The Heart is just a pump. So what do you mean by it in your question? Do you mean emotions? If so, philosophy only examines emotions as part of things like decision making etc.

Answer 8

...does a heart know logical reasoning?

i'd like to think that it has it's own......

.......philosophical thinking.....

Answer 9

frankly I think philosophy has very little to do with science... and most philosophers are just people trying to solve their little (love / hate) problems with the world... by putting them into wonderful sounding words.

Answer 10

Yes some do choose the path of 'internal authority' it is a dangerous path if you walk it unprepared though, leads you to all sorts of emotive decisions when a metaphysical one is averagely of far higher value.

A mix of internal and exteranl authorites is best to create the most positive effect.    

Answer 11

Heart participates in awareness but not in thinking.

Answer 12

Thought with no Emotion, is not Philosophy.

So I believe.

Answer 13

it's keeping you alive so that your head can think...

Answer 14

"It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize, .... Aristotle"