Philosophy of Ignorance (A Study of the Backgrounds of Human Ignorance) and the Role of Philosophical Thinking in it
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If we accept that it is necessary to have a branch of philosophy called the philosophy of ignorance, the first question that comes to our mind is: What does this philosophy do? In a general definition, the purpose of the philosophy of ignorance is to ask some basic questions about the nature of ignorance. Therefore, the next question is: What is ignorance? If we wish to deal with ignorance following a philosophical method, the first question targets its nature, and the next asks whether ignorance is essential. The other questions that may follow include: What is the nature of man and his relationship with ignorance? Do we really become ignorant or knowledgeable? (This question is important because sometimes something that we learn increases our ignorance rather than our knowledge.) Which one is a value: ignorance or knowledge? Is knowledge a fixed entity to stay with human beings for ever once it is attained? Can we blame people for their ignorance? There are two views here: On the one hand, man’s life is so closely intertwined with ignorance that there remains no place for blaming him. This is because the general assumption is that we have been born or have appeared ignorant. On the other hand, it is assumed that, comparing to other existents, man is a different one. As we know, in his classification, Aristotle calls human being a rational animal and considers his most prominent distinction over other animals to be his ability to think. If so, thinking is essential to the self; in other words, man seeks knowledge by nature. In the present paper, while posing some questions, the writer has tried to explain the backgrounds of man’s ignorance and the role of philosophical thinking in this regard.
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Persian
Published:
Philosophy and Children, Volume:1 Issue: 2, 2013
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17
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