Re: Finding meaning in life
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What I don't like in teaching philosophy, is that it's mostly reading a book and some minor chitchat afterwards.
I don't remember who said that math and chess are only things that should be taught in schools, as they teach you to think.
I agree that thinking is the most important ability we have and those who really think are usually curious and learn new things voluntarily.
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Actually, I think that you're wrong that philosophy doesn't make people think. One of the most important things that philosophy tries to teach people is how to critically think. But other than this tiny disagreement, good post [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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I agree 100% that philosophy should be about teaching critical thinking, but at least what I've seen here in Finland, it's not about that.
But that might be 'cos our school system overall rewards memorizing instead of critical thinking.
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