The Teddies Review - Dec 2021

philosophy is in seeing personalities revealed through people ’ s ideas - it is seeing how different times and cultures think.

Answer’ to a philosophical question, because wanting to be the provider of that answer means obsessively analysing other people’s arguments in order to find flaws in their reasoning (to make sure they aren’t the ones to find it). The intensity in all this forces the subject to come up with original ideas in their search for the truth. Many believe that philosophy has greatly lost its importance because we now rely on science to give us answers. They think that philosophy was a way to find truth when we did not have the resources for (far more reliable) scientific methods. Philosophy is a something that works only in mystery. But I argue that science itself is theoretical. Trying to find theories and ideas to explain the world ’ s patterns leads to answers which cannot be indubitably right. Scientists question, challenge, calibrate and debunk theories all the time - which sounds rather philosophical to me. I believe that many truths cannot be found and proved by science, and many cannot be proved at all. That is where philosophy ’ s importance lies. It is needed to find ideas to explain unanswerable questions and incomprehensible phenomena. Not to necessarily find ‘ The Answer ’ , but to find different propositions, and in doing so, revealing an interesting variety of cultures and personalities. By Josephine Page Philosophy in a scientific world

Right and wrong in philosophy

I now bring you to another myth, that there are no wrong answers in philosophy. Although every answer can be considered a theory, that does not mean it is considered correct. In actuality, right and wrong are the very foundations of philosophical thought, and debates and discussions are often used in order to separate the good theories from the bad. Wanting to be the one to supply the right answer to a question, to find the solution, is what drives every philosopher. It is also, ironically, why you will never find ‘ The Answer ’ to a philosophical question, because wanting to be the provider of that answer means obsessively analysing other people ’ s arguments in order to find flaws in their reasoning (to make sure they aren ’ t the ones to find it). The intensity in all this forces philosophers to deepen their understanding of the subject and come up with original ideas in their search for the truth.

Wanting to be the one to supply the right answer to a question, to find the solution, is what drives every philosopher. It is also, ironically, why you will never find ‘The