Questions tagged [progress]
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On the Idea of Progress
Any suggested reading on the Idea of Progress? I am thinking of the idea that sprung within the West and during the Enlightenment, that promoted the belief that humanity (or at least parts of it) are in a constant, albeit intermittent, path to…
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I am struggling to believe there is anything good in humanity: can you help?
I feel neither like a sinner nor sinned against, but I am struggling to see any good in anyone or myself. I am reminded for the 100,000th time of "mankind is a bridge", and that's what we can love about him. I am not asking a bridge to what, but…
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Is civilization really a good thing?
According to Bertrand Russell
Change is one thing, progress is another. Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.
Sigmund Freud in his Civilization and Its Discontents claims…
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Does evolution always entail progress?
It was Darwin who first introduced the concept of Evolution in his Evolution Theory. However, whenever he and in general people speak about Evolution, I always have the feeling that they connote it positively as if Evolution always entailed Progress…
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How do philosophers differentiate between change and progress at the intersection of art, design, and business management?
I do Theory of Knowledge (IBDP) at school and in regards to the subject areas, I was thinking of linking the arts and design (humanities? design of products?) to reason, sense perception, intuition, and imagination as a way of knowing. It all has to…
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Is philosophy a waste of time?
Philosophy has not advanced very far since Ancient Greece and Rome and every philosophical point of view, when extended, becomes absurd.
Meanwhile, in little more than 3 centuries, and mostly in the latter half of that, Science has transformed (and…
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What characteristics of humanity have philosophers labeled as the greatest obstruction to human progress?
I am curious about what characteristics of humanity, considered individually or collectively, have been labeled and discussed by a somewhat iconic philosopher as a great obstruction to human progress?
There is, of course, the a priori meta-questions…
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How can we differentiate between change and progress in the area of history and natural sciences?
I'm studying a branch of philosophy that is concerned with knowledge.
I'm studying theory of knowledge(epistemology) and I want to use faith, reason, and memory as tools for carrying this investigation.
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