Is everything in life a process?

Question

Science, economics, engineering and many other disciplines all involve studies of processes; how things work, how things become. Would you say that everything in life can and should be understood through process?

Answer 1

It depends. What do you mean by everything?  What do you mean by process?

Answer 2

No, I can't say that. While science, economics, etc, are dependent on processes that have proven to work, and processes that must be met to accomplish a goal, some things aren't. For me, philosophy is one of them. If it were a process, a series of actions or functions that bring about a solution, then it would be a dead endeavor. Philosophy, while being a progression of thought, is not a process. Art, the act of bringing imagination to fruition, is also not a process.

Some will refute this...they would be right. The different definitions of the word process may be applied to philosophy. To me, process is too narrowly defined, too full of the implication of a final solution.

Also, there are just some things in life that take belief, they take intuition, stretching the boundary of are to the what if. These are not a process because they lead to no solution, they are speculation, musings, daydreams, gut feelings.

Answer 3

yes