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[Poll] What's Your Philosophical Outlook?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by twhy77, Jan 27, 2010.

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What is your philosophical outlook on life?

  1. Relatavist

    6.6%
  2. Materialist

    9.8%
  3. Pragmatist

    29.5%
  4. Nihilist

    4.9%
  5. Moderate Realist (traditional Christian position)

    13.1%
  6. Anti-Intellectual

    6.6%
  7. Rationalist

    18.0%
  8. Other (please explain)

    11.5%
  1. weslinder

    weslinder Contributing Member

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    My philosophy is to do good.
     
  2. Deji McGever

    Deji McGever יליד טקסני

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    I really think both the choices and definitions reflect the original poster's own bias, but I appreciate the effort and want to honor the spirit of it, so by a painful process of elimination, I voted nihilist (which would, I'm afraid be inclusive of Absurdists, be they Albert Camus, Kurt Vonnegut, Bertolt Brecht, Douglas Adams or even you Ottomaton).

    I also took Rashmon's test. I got 100% for...Sartre? The test seems a bit too...limited in scope.

    Even though I don't consider MYSELF a nihilist, I guess Foucault's reading of Derida's reading of Heigegger's reading of Nietzche's reading of the classics is probably a good starting point for me, and that would, at least to most of my philosophy professors get me labeled as one. I'm a writer...if I really believed in nothing there wouldn't be much point in me waking up in the morning, would there?

    I do think Western philosophy is limited and that so called postmodernism throws the baby out with the bathwater in it's rejection of authority. Most of these ideas were covered 2000 years ago by a plenty of Buddhist writers in a way that was at least, less tedious.

    For a bona fide political philosopher, I'd go with Proudhon, but then applying the same rules of using my philosophy professors' consensus, would label me an anarchist, which would not by any definition, be a "liberal."

    I do read some theology, Buber and especially Mordechai Kaplan. I don't have any theistic convictions, but I don't think any of my beliefs would restrict me from being called a Reconstructionist Jew other than my own disdain for organized religion.

    And still, naming all these people still doesn't substantially illustrate what I believe, which I don't think is particularly radical.
     
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    Sorry it was a response to Twhy's cats and dogs post.
     
  5. Batman Jones

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    Good call. Me too.
     
  6. rimbaud

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    According to Rashmon's link I am 100% for both Sartre and Nietzsche makes some sense.

    According to definitions in the original post, I am "other" I suppose.
     
  7. fadeaway

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    According to the link:

    1. John Stuart Mill (100%)

    I can see that. I studied On Liberty in my undergrad and remember agreeing with most of what he had to say.


    Going by the definitions provided, I voted for anti-intellectual.
     
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  8. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost not wrong
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    According to Rashmon's link:

    Plato (100%)

    -There is reason to act justly even if one can get away with acting unjustly.
    -There is a single, general, pure idea of goodness that all good things possess.
    -There is only one model of the just person.
    -Justice is a harmony of the soul: intellect, emotion, and desire.
    -The best activity is intellectual stimulation and the most important quality is a strong intellect.
    -The just person is pleased, not in a state of discord.
    -The conflict between one's own good and the good of the community is NOT irresolvable.
     
  9. rimbaud

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    That is the funny thing for me - Mill didn't come up until about 10 but I have always identified with him. Not only his thoughts but he was an overall badass. His autobiography is insane.
     
  10. twhy77

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    On the online test, 1 and 2 were Augustine (100%) and Aquinas (88%).
     
  11. DrLudicrous

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    Nihilists! **** me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
     
  12. durvasa

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    My results on Rashmon's link:

    Ethical Philosophy Selector Rankings:

    1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100 %)
    2. John Stuart Mill (81 %)
    3. Kant (79 %)
    4. Aquinas (69 %)
    5. Ayn Rand (67 %)
    6. Jeremy Bentham (63 %)
    7. Prescriptivism (52 %)
    8. Stoics (48 %)
    9. Cynics (47 %)
    10. Spinoza (46 %)
    11. Ockham (44 %)
    12. St. Augustine (42 %)
    13. Thomas Hobbes (40 %)
    14. Epicureans (40 %)
    15. Plato (36 %)
    16. Nel Noddings (33 %)
    17. Aristotle (30 %)
    18. Nietzsche (26 %)
    19. David Hume (24 %)

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    Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
    • When we choose something, we affirm the value of our choice because we have chosen it above other choices
    • When we choose something for ourselves, we should choose it for all people.
    • We must be consistent in our interpretations of moral situations regardless of whom the agent is.
    • Logic cannot help us specific situations
    • Making conscious moral choices is more significant than consistently following moral guidelines
    • The conflict between the interests of two people is in the end, irresolvable
     
  13. Honey Bear

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    I am a member of Soka Gakkai International and believe in Nichiren Buddhism. Which is about as extreme as a Scandinavian gets.
     
  14. weslinder

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    My results from the Rashmon's link:

    1. Epicureans (100%)
    2. John Stuart Mill (94%)
    3. Jeremy Bentham (85%)
    4. Aristotle (77%)
    5. Ayn Rand (72%)
    6. Kant (69%)
    7. Prescriptivism (64%)
    8. Aquinas (63%)
    9. St. Augustine (62%)
    10. Plato (61%)
    11. Spinoza (59%)
    12. Jean-Paul Sartre (56%)
    13. Ockham (53%)
    14. Thomas Hobbes (47%)
    15. Cynics (26%)
    16. Nel Noddings (25%)
    17. David Hume (23%)
    18. Nietzsche (21%)
    19. Stoics (16%)

    I disagree, based purely on the value that the Epicureans put on pleasure. I think that I identify most with John Stuart Mill, and probably respect Aquinas most.
     
  15. twhy77

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    Really? I would not have figured you to be a utilitarian.
     
  16. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    Maybe we're all in for some surprises. B-Bob's match from that link:

    1. Aquinas (100%)
    2. Kant (92%)
    3. Spinoza (87%)
    4. St. Augustine (82%)
    5. John Stuart Mill (76%)
    6. Nietzsche (72%)
    7. Ockham (66%)
    8. Jean-Paul Sartre (64%)
    9. Jeremy Bentham (63%)
    10. Aristotle (57%)

    Turns out (inwardly) I use the concept of God a great deal. Interesting. Spinoza makes a lot of sense for me.
     
  17. Deckard

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    Space, the final frontier.
     
  18. aussie rocket

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    I don't believe in Philosophy, I think it's all a facade.
     
  19. durvasa

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    So you're a pragmatist, nihilist, or anti-intellectual.
     
  20. thegary

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    100% for john stuart mill/kant (from link)

    but really:

    I'll start this off without any words
    I got so high that I scratched 'til I bled
    I love myself better than you
    I know it's wrong so what should I do?
    The finest day that I ever had
    Was when I learned to cry on command
    I love myself better than you
    I know it's wrong so what should I do?

    I'm on a plain
    I can't complain
    I'm on a plain

    My mother died every night
    It's safe to say don't quote me on that
    I love myself better than you
    I know it's wrong so what should I do?
    The black sheep got blackmailed again
    Forgot to put on the zip code
    I love myself better than you
    I know it's wrong so what should I do?

    I'm on a plain
    I can't complain
    I'm on a plain

    Somewhere I have heard this before
    In a dream my memory has stored
    As a defense I'm neutered and spayed
    What the hell am I trying to say

    It is now time to make it unclear
    To write off lines that don't make sense
    I love myself better than you
    I know it's wrong so what should I do?
    One more special message to go
    And then I'm done then I can go home
    I love myself better than you
    I know it's wrong so what should I do?

    I'm on a plain
    I can't complain
    I'm on a plain
    I can't complain
    I'm on a plain
     
    #60 thegary, Jan 29, 2010
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