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Posted by Lucy on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 11:44am.

For some philosophers, writing is an unfortunate necessity, a means of communication that is at best irrelevant to the philosophical thought it expresses and at worst a barrier to that thought. The words in which the philosophical investigator writes up his or her results, according to these philosophers, should be as few and as transparent as possible. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) The philosophers described above make which of the following assumptions about philosophy as a scholarly discipline? A) Philosophy should entail the direct contemplation of thought, with as few mediating influences as possible. B) Philosophy should be a means of personal expression as well as a vehicle for the communication of ideas. C) Philosophy is inevitably determined by the written forms in which philosophical ideas are expressed. D) Philosophy, in general, is more intellectually difficult than are other scholarly disciplines.

• crt - Ms. Sue, Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 12:12pm

  We'll be glad to check your answer.

  
  

• crt - mary, Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 12:14pm

  My answer is D for this question. I don't know why I am struggling with this class so much.

  
  

• crt - Ms. Sue, Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 12:16pm

  I disagree with your answer. I don't see anything that indicates philosophy is a difficult discipline. Do you understand all of the words?

  
  

• crt - mary, Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 12:23pm

  You are right, I think it should have been b, as it is a means of personal expression and communication.

  
  

• crt - Ms. Sue, Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 12:27pm

  No. The author of this paragraph says that writing gets in the way of real philosophical thinking. He doesn't want to communicate his ideas; he just wants to think.

  
  

• crt - mary, Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 12:31pm

  a, but isn't meditating the same thing as thought? I am so confused.

  
  

• crt - Ms. Sue, Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 12:34pm

  No. You've confused MEDIATING with MEDITATING. Check a dictionary for the definitions. The root words are MEDIATE and MEDITATE. http://dictionary.reference.com/

  
  

• crt - mary, Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 1:03pm

  So it would be, "Philosophy is inevitably determined by the written forms in which philosophical ideas are expressed".

  
  

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