I’m told I think too much.
Perhaps you think too little?
Main Entry: ax·i·ol·o·gy
Pronunciation: \ˌak-sē-ˈä-lə-jē\
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek axios + International Scientific Vocabulary -logy
Date: 1908
: the study of the nature, types and criteria of values and of value judgments especially in ethics
: also called Theory Of Value, the philosophical study of goodness, or value, in the widest sense of these terms. Its significance lies (1) in the considerable expansion that it has given to the meaning of the term value and (2) in the unification that it has provided for the study of a variety of questions—economic, moral, aesthetic, and even logical—that had often been considered in relative isolation.
— ax·i·o·log·i·cal - \ˌak-sē-ə-ˌlä-ji-kəl\ adjective
— ax·i·o·log·i·cal·ly - \-ji-k(ə-)lē\ adverb (from Greek axios, “worthy”; logos, “science”)
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What determines value?
Ethics and aesthetic both depend on value, but can also be steeped in economics, environment and morality.
Morality can be arbitrarily determined by mise–en–scène, education, religion, gender, or emotionally limiting barriers.
Can it be absolute?
How does this construct idealogy re: love, loss, sex, etc.?
Are those nebulous concepts ruled by emotion or animal instinct?
Mathematics encapsulates science. A concept crucial to axiology? Everything?
If so, is being disabled physically or metaphorically in that field impacting my ability to properly evaluate true value?
Where does Mysticism come in? Dreams? Subconscious. Karma. Skepticism. Faith. Addiction. Why do people make wishes?
Epistemology surrounds truth, belief, and justification.
Can one actually tell or know a whole truth?
Why does one person see worth and possibility, while another rigidity concludes the opposite?
How much time is needed to make such conclusions?
What factors contribute? Actions taken?
What if the result is not in accordance w/ personal meta-ethics & no action is taken?
Not acting can profoundly impact or strengthen a cycle of fear, value, or morality.
Is denial a proponent of value? What is knowledge?
Should I have done less crosswords puzzles back in Philosophy class?
Even though I thought the room was full of shit?
That pragmatism and witholding meant living for the moment only?
Why did I perceive Philosophy class to not have value?
If I had taken another view or action, would everything today, be different?
Or would I wind up here anyway?
Is the outcome pre-determined?
Fate?
Circumstance. |
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