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Dummett, Mihael, The nature of future of philosophy, New York, Columbia University Press, 2010, pp. 4-5


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. Philosophy is above all an intellectual adventure in which we are committed to a constant search for meaning and clarity, to a relentless self-examination, and to

a constant endeavor to see the world around us in a new and unprejudiced light. To do philosophy is to open wide the eye of the mind to all our experiences, to

our consciousness, and to the reality that surrounds us and of which we are a part. It involves a methodic questioning of our assumptions and beliefs, a bracketing

away of the 'truths' with which the social world has filled our minds, and a critical assessment of the values and convictions with which we have been brought up.

It is, therefore, a liberation from the intellectual and spiritual fetters that tend to immobilize the human mind. It is an adventurous journey into an unknown

continent for which there is no ready-made map and for which we possess only one toolthe use of our minds.

Navia, Luis E. ,AdventurePhilosophy, Westport, CT-USA, Praeger Publishers, 1999

The Overall Humaneness of Philosophizing and the IndividualPhilosophy is the matter of an individual. It must originate from its age and bear fruits from its soil; but the uniqueness ofphilosophy fully comes to life in the context of including narratives from all of thoughtful humankind. General humaneness isclaimed in the philosophical works of East Asia, India, the Occident as its kind of factual philosophizing by humans.Reverberating upon these works, onesWhenever principles for philosophizing can be formed, they constitute an indication for remembrance of primal experiences andthe means of their elucidation.

While such propositions can bring refreshment in truthful awareness of being, when taken alone they cannot constitute acomplete teaching of truth.Whenever a person communicates philosophyand philosophizing is shared in this form alonesuch philosophy cannot take ona form that is valid for all, or complete, or final. Our principles here are serious, but not a confession; they are carried by thefaith in their implicit truth, but not a claim for unconditional acceptance; they try to seek approval of such truth by the other, butconstitute simultaneously also an encouragement for the stranger to engage in questioning us, and all this as an expressedintent for clarification.[. . .]


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[. . .] Regardless of their own historical origin, there are ancient beliefs of universal applicability that form the foundations ofphilosophy and religion, in contrast to mindless thoughts of unphilosophy (Unphilosophie). In spite of their universality, thesebeliefs are not detachable binding truths for all, but they do have a historical coloring. As they are communicated, they remain inlimbo for rationality. Their absolute demarcation would be untrue. [. . .]

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Jaspers, Karl, Principles for Philosophizing: Introductionto PhilosophicalLife, 1942/43 en Helmut Wautischer Alan M. Olson, Gregory J. Walters,Editors. Philosophical Faith and the Future of Humanity, Dordrecht, Springer, 2012

This unpublished manuscript was released by Hans Saner, curator of Jaspers literary estate, for first publication and is translated from German byHelmut Wautischer. The ellipsis indicate redundant and duplicate text omitted by the curator for the sake of a more cohesive presentation of Jaspers

thesis.

La prctica de la filosofa es una dinmica que beneficia a toda la sociedad. Ayuda a tender puentes entre los pueblos y las culturas y refuerza laexigencia de una educacin de calidad para todos. Adems, invita a respetar la diversidad cultural, el intercambio de opiniones y elaprovechamiento colectivo de los logros cientficos, todo lo cual es condicin necesaria para un debate autntico. El 17 de noviembre,movilicmonos para explotar este formidable potencial transformador que encierra la filosofa.

Irina Bokova, Directora General de la UNESCO

Mensaje con ocasin del Da Mundial de la Filosofa17 de noviembre de 2011
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