Socrates: I only know one thing
that I do not know anything.
Skepticism does not break the truth, on the contrary, refresh and support the truth in an endless cycle of dialectical's relentless awareness.
Skeptical
Westerners have a saying commonly used: Be suspicious of all !
Why the West, placing emphasis on such skepticism? Because the traditional science and philosophy, they found that: Doubt is the beginning of progress, the path to truth, reason is the release of the most thorough.
When rational skepticism, reason back position yourself wondering, since it freed itself from its dependency on other people's rational or dogmatic thinking and inertia are available.
skeptical tradition in Western thought was started from philosophy, first of all through the query dialectic of Socrates, then spread to science, and perfect to become a healthy habit of thinking, an important means to reach the truth.
Socrates has use skepticism as a necessary part of the query dialectic: when an idea or a yet identified as a major problem , it will immediately be doubted in order to determine the correctness of it as an antithesis , and on that basis to form a box to have the higher truth. The problem , in turn, became the subject for a new query process until reaching the truth, or more practical, reached the limits of perception at that time. Thus, doubt is not only a means to achieve truth, but also help define the limits of knowledge and scope of the truth.
The famous words of Socrates is: T O only know one thing I do not know anything . But the paradox is that, who know nothing of this was considered the wisest contemporaries. When Chaerephon, a friend of Socrates, to question the prophetess, as well as the priest in the temple of the Sun God of Delphi, that there is not one wise than Socrates, the answer is: No,
Socrates does not accept beliefs or convictions were rooted in ancient traditions and legends. It was he who urged dialogue to justify and explain their convictions through a series of continuous queries - the specific form of skepticism.
After Socrates, Decartes - the Philosophy and Mathematics France - also used as a means of suspicion leading to establishment of the absolute in their conclusions, in order to build the foundation for the knowledge of the system. He suspects everything, even the existence of myself, to wipe out any concept already, so that gradually build their knowledge systems in a reliable and solid. The main work of this skepticism, led him to a well-known conclusion about the existence of documents via phrase: T rancid thinking, so I exist .
"The advancement of knowledge, not only achieved by finding the lands of new knowledge never explored, but also by finding new ways of looking at things on an old phenomenon. " Skeptical look at old ways is the easiest way to find new perspectives. So, skepticism is both a starting point, just as the driving force of the expansion of knowledge.
The loss of skepticism, reason will become paralyzed. A skeptic who does not know, or someone acting on his beliefs pre-programmed, essentially no different than a machine.
The ability to doubt, represented primarily by the ability to ask questions and reject the traditional imposition of dogma and belief, in a sense, a measure of the maturity level of a person. If a person can not afford doubt, just believe in the dogma of others assigned by the instructor, the nature, he is still in childhood.
In a society, just as an individual, to doubt and deny power to impose also a measure of emotional maturity of that society. If a society is no doubt that, just believe in consensus beliefs, then that society is not out of childish period.
As a result, prevent the suspicion of an individual, directly or indirectly , is undermining the healthy development of individuals; limit the ability of social suspicion is pull back the healthy development of society.
Truth
is truth to the target location of the search of. But the truth is not immutable, eternal. Truth is always updated with the development of cognition. And one of the main ways to update cynical truth is truth. Understanding how they are skeptical of the truth complementary rather than opposed to the truth.
in fact, science and philosophy that, that question is even more important to know the answer. Because that question is known to promote a journey seeking the truth, but the answer is a temporary end that journey.
This shows that, between skepticism and truth dialectical relationship through the each other, complement each other. Truth can not be achieved without knowing how healthy skepticism. And truth, with its relative, if not skepticism to perfect itself, will corrupt the doctrine of the development of new knowledge.
If you look through the achievements of human thought , will not be any lack of achievement as a cynical guide. The new peak is born, comes from a peak of disbelief old, and find ways to overcome it with a new cognitive process.
The achievements of science and technology achieved not by speculative thinking of pure reason, but mostly by experiments and observations are designed to test - an expression of skepticism-an established theory. Skepticism is therefore the soul of all research activities to explore.
The achievements of mathematics and physics shows, incompleteness, uncertainty and complementary nature of knowledge. Be skeptical - characteristics associated with incompleteness and uncertainty - become inseparable characteristic of truth. The main suspect has blown life for the truth, making truth vivid, flexible, always refresh themselves updated in the light of new perceptions.
If separated from the truth skeptics, the truth will take life and became very barren, hardened over time. Truth will degenerate into dogma and inhibitory, even sabotage, the new perception of truth in peace.
So, no doubt break the truth, on the contrary, refresh and lift truth in an endless cycle of dialectical's relentless awareness. And to reach the truth, doubt the ability to be liberal as an inevitability.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ). OM MANI PADME HUM.( 3 TIMES ).14/12/2011.
Westerners have a saying commonly used: Be suspicious of all !
Why the West, placing emphasis on such skepticism? Because the traditional science and philosophy, they found that: Doubt is the beginning of progress, the path to truth, reason is the release of the most thorough.
When rational skepticism, reason back position yourself wondering, since it freed itself from its dependency on other people's rational or dogmatic thinking and inertia are available.
skeptical tradition in Western thought was started from philosophy, first of all through the query dialectic of Socrates, then spread to science, and perfect to become a healthy habit of thinking, an important means to reach the truth.
Socrates has use skepticism as a necessary part of the query dialectic: when an idea or a yet identified as a major problem , it will immediately be doubted in order to determine the correctness of it as an antithesis , and on that basis to form a box to have the higher truth. The problem , in turn, became the subject for a new query process until reaching the truth, or more practical, reached the limits of perception at that time. Thus, doubt is not only a means to achieve truth, but also help define the limits of knowledge and scope of the truth.
The famous words of Socrates is: T O only know one thing I do not know anything . But the paradox is that, who know nothing of this was considered the wisest contemporaries. When Chaerephon, a friend of Socrates, to question the prophetess, as well as the priest in the temple of the Sun God of Delphi, that there is not one wise than Socrates, the answer is: No,
Socrates does not accept beliefs or convictions were rooted in ancient traditions and legends. It was he who urged dialogue to justify and explain their convictions through a series of continuous queries - the specific form of skepticism.
After Socrates, Decartes - the Philosophy and Mathematics France - also used as a means of suspicion leading to establishment of the absolute in their conclusions, in order to build the foundation for the knowledge of the system. He suspects everything, even the existence of myself, to wipe out any concept already, so that gradually build their knowledge systems in a reliable and solid. The main work of this skepticism, led him to a well-known conclusion about the existence of documents via phrase: T rancid thinking, so I exist .
"The advancement of knowledge, not only achieved by finding the lands of new knowledge never explored, but also by finding new ways of looking at things on an old phenomenon. " Skeptical look at old ways is the easiest way to find new perspectives. So, skepticism is both a starting point, just as the driving force of the expansion of knowledge.
The loss of skepticism, reason will become paralyzed. A skeptic who does not know, or someone acting on his beliefs pre-programmed, essentially no different than a machine.
The ability to doubt, represented primarily by the ability to ask questions and reject the traditional imposition of dogma and belief, in a sense, a measure of the maturity level of a person. If a person can not afford doubt, just believe in the dogma of others assigned by the instructor, the nature, he is still in childhood.
In a society, just as an individual, to doubt and deny power to impose also a measure of emotional maturity of that society. If a society is no doubt that, just believe in consensus beliefs, then that society is not out of childish period.
As a result, prevent the suspicion of an individual, directly or indirectly , is undermining the healthy development of individuals; limit the ability of social suspicion is pull back the healthy development of society.
Truth
is truth to the target location of the search of. But the truth is not immutable, eternal. Truth is always updated with the development of cognition. And one of the main ways to update cynical truth is truth. Understanding how they are skeptical of the truth complementary rather than opposed to the truth.
in fact, science and philosophy that, that question is even more important to know the answer. Because that question is known to promote a journey seeking the truth, but the answer is a temporary end that journey.
This shows that, between skepticism and truth dialectical relationship through the each other, complement each other. Truth can not be achieved without knowing how healthy skepticism. And truth, with its relative, if not skepticism to perfect itself, will corrupt the doctrine of the development of new knowledge.
If you look through the achievements of human thought , will not be any lack of achievement as a cynical guide. The new peak is born, comes from a peak of disbelief old, and find ways to overcome it with a new cognitive process.
The achievements of science and technology achieved not by speculative thinking of pure reason, but mostly by experiments and observations are designed to test - an expression of skepticism-an established theory. Skepticism is therefore the soul of all research activities to explore.
The achievements of mathematics and physics shows, incompleteness, uncertainty and complementary nature of knowledge. Be skeptical - characteristics associated with incompleteness and uncertainty - become inseparable characteristic of truth. The main suspect has blown life for the truth, making truth vivid, flexible, always refresh themselves updated in the light of new perceptions.
If separated from the truth skeptics, the truth will take life and became very barren, hardened over time. Truth will degenerate into dogma and inhibitory, even sabotage, the new perception of truth in peace.
So, no doubt break the truth, on the contrary, refresh and lift truth in an endless cycle of dialectical's relentless awareness. And to reach the truth, doubt the ability to be liberal as an inevitability.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ). OM MANI PADME HUM.( 3 TIMES ).14/12/2011.
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