INGENUITY THROUGH PHILOSOPHY is NOT about Ivory Tower philosophy. It is about constructing solutions to problems we don't have the answers to. Or it can be about constructing new and better solutions to those problems. For instance the steam engine was a solution to the problem of getting to places in less time with trains. In some ways the car and then the aeroplane were better solutions. Anytime
we solve a problem that no one knows the solution to, we have engaged in creative philosophical processes (which can be thoughts or actions), whether we realise it or not. Even if someone else does know the solution, we can still claim the same solution as an original one if we have genuinely arrived at that solution through our own philosophical ingenuity. In actual fact, this happens all the time, and is why we are all natural philosophers to varying degrees without knowing it. Ingenuity through philosophy is about making a person more conscious and in control of these processes. The scientific method is the exemplar par excellence of what the thousands of years of natural philosophy were able to spin out only 200 years ago, when psychology also started to split off from philosophy. As such, the scientific method and psychology are only a part of philosophical method. Enquiries can be made through facebook or through my website below. Richard Krista
http://www.claus1.com.au
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INGENUITY THROUGH PHILOSOPHY for Conceptualising, Constructing and Implementing original solutions. Accredited Vocational Education Teacher of Australian Government Training Packages at https://training.gov.au/Home/Tga (August, 2016).
