Does/can any philosopher have "it" right?

Question

If so explain, If not then why do we learn about thier ideas?

Answer 1

"The Path of the Higher Self," Mark Prophet,

"A Philosophy of Universality," O. M. Aivanhov, are helpful.

Answer 2

Actually, most prominent philosophers in the Anglo-Saxon tradition have "it" more-or-less right. There are a few outliers, but there is also a surprising degree of consensus among philosophers once you penetrate past the verbal disagreements and technical peripheral confusions.

Modern era philosophers on the continent of Europe largely have "it" wrong.

About those further east than Europe I dare not speak, fearful of revealing the vast expanse of my ignorance.

Answer 3

Saul Kripke once wrote: "It really is a nice theory. The only defect I think it has is probably common to all philosophical theories. It's wrong."

The point is that philosophy's aim to "get it right" is not fair to philosophy, since all academic endeavors aim for that sort of correctness, but are constantly being corrected by new discoveries and insights.  We can't be blamed for past error, but we can learn how once good arguments fall apart so that we can learn and apply cautions as they pertain to our pursuit of knowledge and wisdom.

On the other hand, philosophers got a lot of truths about deduction and mathematics right, some as early as Euclid and Aristotle, and so they at least forged their best tools before they went around swinging them.

Answer 4

Philosophies have to be couched in words to be imparted, and thus will always reflect only a portion of the truth.  Words are not capable of expressing the whole truth, because the truth incorporates the supposed "opposites" and allows them to become a singular phenomenon which is outside of expression.

Material reality itself is duel, and thus everything expressed within it is duel.  

So we can always learn a little from intellectual, rational philosophies, but real knowledge comes from personal experience with the truth.

Answer 5

The ideology of humans appears to be based in one of two camps.  One that thinks that happiness is only got from greed, success, selfishness, hard work and everything revolves around the individual and personal wealth.  The other camp cares for others, sees no point of wasting their life chasing money, would rather use life to learn, and benefit themselves, others and the planet.  Broadly speaking, you have middle managers, and intelligent people.  These are broad generalizations, there are obviously shades of the different colours.  With a mass media that few fully appreciate the deceitful nature of, it is quite obvious which of these two groups is the most influential, and also the least beneficial to the human race in general.

Sorry, your question..... As there are two distinct mind sets in human society, then there will never be consensus of opinion within philosophical debate.  Ergo, there will never be agreement, so it is impossible for any philosopher to 'get it right.'  If human society were allowed to split, with all the middle managers going to live on their own planet, then the intelligent people could develop and evolve into that which the human race has the potential to become.

Answer 6

What is meant by "it".

Why do I learn about their ideas?

Because many of my ideas are along the same lines and they establish how they reasoned such in a methodical and for the most part concise way.

Where as I simply "think" the stuff and do not bother to commit it to paper in a formal and organized manor.

Also some philosophers write about "its" that I had not even considered, I love encountering new perspectives because it offers a way for me to contrast my own perspectives and see them in a new light.

But "it" may include the disposal of the idea of "right".

Philosophy is a methodical and reasoned approach to questions regarding existence.

It is not merely speculation and superstition.

This in itself is a great reason to learn the ideas of the many great philosophers.

Not only does a philosopher say what it is that they think about "it" but explain why they think that way and they do it by employing reasoning or thought, instead of simply relying upon a feelings and fears.

Answer 7

A single rose is not a garden. Each philosopher contributes a seed to the garden of philosophy.

Occasional pruning and weeding may be required.

Answer 8

If you think about it, in the end everything is a theory, an idea. everything is made up by man to understand ourselves a little better. right and wrong do not exist.

languages, our way of reasoning, logic, science, history, it is all a theory.

there is only one thing that is certain, and that one thing is that nothing is ever certain.

its human nature to question our world but we cannot get answers all the time.