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Chris Sunami
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Hi. I m a 16 years old high school student and I like philosophy.How How can I make my friend who likes IT and physics interested in philosophy?

As you know inIn Iran, the government and the people dontdon't pay much attention to humanities. Actually thereThere is a sense between theamong most parents that only Engineering and Medicine are important. That view is much worse when it comes to philosophy. My friend thinks it sit's a non-practical, useless, confusing object. But I have discussed with him about Epistemology and talking about knowing that the truth is related to perspective and that there is no real truth. Then he said "Ok. I understood we cantcan't know truth about anything then--then what?" I've

I've told him that if you know all of the sciences but you cantcan't think critically you have missed a big thing. but he just said Ok"Ok" in an ignoring manner.

Hi. I m a 16 years old high school student and I like philosophy.How can I make my friend who likes IT and physics interested in philosophy?

As you know in Iran, the government and the people dont pay much attention to humanities. Actually there is a sense between the parents that only Engineering and Medicine are important. That view is much worse when it comes to philosophy. My friend thinks it s a non-practical, useless, confusing object. But I have discussed with him about Epistemology and talking about knowing the truth is related to perspective and there is no real truth. Then he said "Ok. I understood we cant know truth about anything then what?" I've told him that if you know all of the sciences but you cant think critically you have missed a big thing. but he just said Ok in an ignoring manner.

How can I make my friend who likes IT and physics interested in philosophy?

In Iran, the government and the people don't pay much attention to humanities. There is a sense among most parents that only Engineering and Medicine are important. That view is much worse when it comes to philosophy. My friend thinks it's a non-practical, useless, confusing object. But I have discussed with him about Epistemology and talking about knowing that the truth is related to perspective and that there is no real truth. Then he said "Ok. I understood we can't know truth about anything --then what?"

I've told him that if you know all of the sciences but you can't think critically you have missed a big thing. but he just said "Ok" in an ignoring manner.

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Hi. I m a 16 years old high school student and I like philosophy.How can I make my friend who likes IT and physics interested in philosophy?

As you know in Iran, the government and the people dont pay much attention to humanities. Actually there is a sense between the parents that only Engineering and Medicine are important. That view is much worse when it comes to philosophy. My friend thinks it s a non-practical, useless, confusing object. But I have discussed with him about Epistemology and talking about knowing the truth is related to perspective and there is no real truth. Then he said "Ok. I understood we cant know truth about anything then what?" I've told him that if you know all of the sciences but you cant think critically you have missed a big thing. but he just said Ok in an ignoring manner.