I've seen a lot of people claim that philosophy is a necessity in this modern day and age. But I have yet to see someone give a clear definition of what type of necessity they mean. It's not necessary for survival in the literal sense, so what do we need it for?

These are my thoughts on the course "What makes Philosophy important": We need philosophy and I absolutely agree. And It's not taught in school as a general subject, because it probably incentives critical thinking too much. Being able to break down philosophical concepts allows us to break down ANY concept (in my opinion), many famous philosophers were also scientists, mathematicians and artists. Being a philosophers means discussing ideas with others, reflecting on you own worldview, thinking critically of mainstream narrative that the media and school try to convey. I believe that everyone should be a philosopher, yet very few today have the ability to. In ancient Greece, every citizen of Athens HAD TO be literate, informed and intelligent so they are to partake in discussions of judicial matters and town votes. The main message was that we all need to do what we want and for that, we have to first know what we want. And philosophy gives us the chance to immerse fully into that. We do need to be aware of not falling into the nihilistic side, where too much deep thinking sometimes makes you ultra-pessimistic. That's it, thanks for reading

We love to think that we value truth, but challenging core beliefs, like religion is often perceived as an attack on someones identity. This creates a situation where people tend to accept arguments that fit their existing narrative and reject those that challenge it, not necessarily because they‘re wrong but because they feel threatening. If that‘s the case, then many discussions aren‘t about finding the truth, but about maintaining a stable and comfortable worldview.

It is unbelievable how convenient our world has become, compared to any mediaeval standards. Any mediaeval peasant could only dream of such convenience and general comfort of life. We do not have to worry about food, water, shelter, long cold winters. However in the process of that, we have lost the sense of life. There isn’t a fight for survival anymore. Hence, there isn’t anything that pushes a human for life. Our society has lost the meaning of life. In day-to-day rituals, in avoiding death in daily life, the traditions which lived for generations. Our life has become too easy. Not to forget, our bodies are made to survive the harshness and the ultimate cost for living on Terra, which has been taken away and never truly replaced. The amount of problems a mediaeval peasant had he one had to worry about, isn’t that far from what we today have. So, to compromise, our societies had to replace the problems we had to fight for everyday, once they have been largely solved. And indeed, humans have created new problems they have to deal with, in the place of surviving in the literal sense of that word. What does one have to do in this world? Is there a reason to exist for oneself? Any species have evolved for survival, including us, however when we have got rid of the need to survive, what is the purpose for existence? I am sure, that the primary cause of large anxiety and other mental health issues come from the lack of survival. Zoochosis is a term referred to captive animals, who because of the unnatural environment endure mental health issues, regarding the stereotypic behaviour they acquire. We are no different from the goal of existence of any other species, which is survival. Likewise, if we do not actively endure active threats to our survival, which tempers us for better ability to survive in that environment, we degradate. And in addition, when any species is put into a sterile, easy and comfortable environment, it may lead to severe mental health issues exactly regarding the lack of survival action. We are not an exception.

When you start to think everything starts to hurt. Philosphy is the practice of defining the properties which make up reality. In order to do this you have to break appart your current model of reality. When you wake up, you look at your bed and know that it is a bed, you look at your clock and knows it is a clock. Everything makes sense because reality as you percive it is in line with your cognitive model of what reality is. When you begin to question that cognitive model, you are forced to break your understanding apart, in effect your perception and cognitive model of reality are no longer in line, you end up in a painful position where you can’t trust anything or anyone for a while, before taking the old pieces and new pieces and constructing a new, larger one. Making you feel content for a while, before doing it again, bringing more suffering and confusion. This process takes up a ton of mentall energy and distracts you from your purpose as a human being in society. If you just accepted that you are ignorant and are content with it you could instead focus on contributing to your community and putting food on the table for your family. Bringing actuall happiness. To yourself and others. But today. Ignorance will bring you to suffering yourself and inflicting suffering on others, without question. All throughout human history, not much changed over the course of hundreds of years. Through that slow change, culture would be formed by what worked best in the enviorment. You understood what your purpose was, even as a child. You contribute to society at large by your proffesion which has been inhearited through generations, your proffesion would make you money or create something of value which can be traded which made you able to contribute to your family, have kids for yourself and continue the cycle. The ambitous ones had to suffer a lot in these times. But that is a choice made by someone that is strong and individual. It is not a forced position. Today. The world has changed so much in such a short time that there has been no time for a culture to be formed to survive and find happiness in it.