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d_r_siva asked in Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophy · 1 decade ago

Importance of questions What? How? Why?

When some thing happens, three questions arise - what,

how and why.

You will get an answer to the first question within a

short period of time. It is physical in nature.

You have to spend more time to answer the second

question. It is mental in nature.

Different persons may give different answers for the

third question. They reconcile their memories with their

beliefs and values. But you will never get a true answer

for it - it is philosophical in nature.

http://www.answers.com/topic/why

Is philosophy still relevant to the present day world?

Yes.

Take for example the effect of red color on mind. Hindu Yoga books are describing it since a few thousands of years. Para-psychology books dealt with that topic in detail. But all that was brushed off as para-science, and not authentic science. Of late,modern science had to accept it.

"Color Red Increases the Speed and Strength of Reactions"

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/11060...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-red-strength...

http://machineslikeus.com/news/color-red-increases...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20110603/pl_usnw/DC13...

Science has answered the question "WHAT". Science has only partly answered "HOW". Has it given the answer for "WHY"?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    WHY do you want an answer to HOW questions about WHAT happens? If you can't answer this question then you may have a valid point. Many people refer WHY questions to their God, and as you say such questions tend to be philosophical by nature. Even WHAT questions cannot be completely resolved, for instance: WHAT is gravity? WHAT is energy? WHAT is mass? We are only part way there in describing HOW these relate to each other, and not precisely WHAT they are. WHAT questions may be physical in nature, but we still don't understand their most fundamental physical nature.

  • 4 years ago

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