So I finally got a blog...

Well I finally did it. I got a blog. Now I feel like I should put down some ground rules. When it comes to this blog you should expect absolutely nothing from it. That way it will surprise and delight you when it is updated and is fairly OK to read for a bit. Now from the description you can see this blog is going to cover a number of subjects but lets be realistic here, it's going to mostly be about philosophy.

I love philosophy. I could spend (and ideally would like to spend) my entire life sat in a cave thinking about philosophy and exchanging philosophical insights for food as a sort of wise hermit. I don't think this is a realistic dream but it's a dream none the less. My love of philosophy stems from a lot of things but I think mostly from my dad. His encouragement of asking questions, getting me interested and maintaining my interest in science and convincing me to take philosophy at A-level led to me falling in love with the subject. A lot of people don't see the point in philosophy to which a great philosophical joke is "Well, what's the point in anything?"

(Just as a side note I actually came up with an hilarious philosophical joke all by myself: What do you call a philosopher wanting to know more about the contradiction between the existence of evil in the world and the proposed existence of an omnibenevolent deity? Epicurious. I know. Hilarious.)

Now I could attempt to throw out some ideas about why philosophy is important but other people who are much cleverer than me have already done it. If you really are that interested read the introduction to the book Think by Simon Blackburn then read the rest of the book because it will explode your mind. (Bet you weren't expecting homework. HA!)

Personally I believe that philosophy is important because for humanity to survive we are going to have to overcome a lot of problems in the future (and right now). To do that we will have to be creative and inventive but also be able to draw all relevant facts together and design solutions. This is the basics of philosophy. The problems we are going to face are momentous so we best get some practice in. Thinking about the existence of God, good and evil, what constitutes the self, the human soul will expand your mind and help you to think critically when you are dealing with problems slightly more down to Earth. I know personally that I can't switch my philosophical feelings off. I want to know the answers and if I can't know then I am going to take a bloody good stab at working out what could possibly be the answers. So that is essentially what this blog is going to be about. Answers. Well opinions. They are fairly informed and consistent opinions though so that's a plus! Anyway. I hope you enjoy this whoever you are.

Happy philosophising! (That isn't a word is it...)