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Is There Any Point, Really, In Pondering The ‘Big Questions’? (Maybe.)

IDEAS Posted: December 20, 2018 9:03 am

“Kant put his finger on the problem when he observed in the Critique of Pure Reason that human reason is driven by its very nature to ask itself questions that it is unable to answer. … Should we, then, set aside the Big Questions, and train ourselves only to pose questions that are sufficiently well-defined and empirically grounded as to guarantee the possibility of a definite answer? This is, by and large, the scientific mindset.” Even so, argues Emrys Westacott, “an inclination toward the Big Questions should not be despised.” — 3 Quarks Daily

IDEAS Published: 12.17.18

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