There is no reason to debate in philosophy but rather convincing society of the truth to produce votes for the better worldview
There is a reason to debate - and it is through this that we are able to develop the level of philosophy that we have now
There are flaws in all types of philosophy whether it is e.g. metaphysics (realm of the form where everything we see is a degree away from reality) or epistemology. Aims to find the perfect virtuous society or utopia
Focuses on the materialistic viewpoint where there are certain causes and effects that affect the things that we do; about the actions that we do to perform these philosophical worldview
Belief in tiny atoms that construct the world as we see it.
The world we live in is all about beauty, love and happiness and we live with an aim to kill off all fear and death. The greatest happiness is the joy of existence. Happiness is found further in friends and relationships.
We must be independent of emotions in order to increase happiness and decreasing fear and harm. Prioritises rationality as a value - Marcus Aurelius: cultivating an awareness of how emotions in our responses to things -
"being more dispassionate about things can allow you to see things come and go and be less moved".
"teaching of self control to overcome destructive emotions"
Focuses on the world as a consistency and structure of numbers. Understanding mathematics is understanding all forms of things around us.

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"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." - Albert Einstein

Humanity has used imagination as a tool for defining the world as we know it, the paintings, the sculptures and artworks of the past, depicted artist’s vision of the world; but like a double-edged sword that can be used to both inflict harm and defend, imagination has opened possibilities to allow humanity to both define reality on truth, but also question humanity on the multiple possibilities of truth. A friend recently recommended one of Marvel’s latest shows, “What if”, because of its unique synopsis featuring the possible conclusions the previous Marvel movies could have resulted in. The radio the other day was talking about the possibilities and repercussions there would be ‘IF’ the lethal bullet that marginally missed Trump’s head, did in fact kill the political leader. These were all imaginative questions on the possibilities our reality could have alternated into. In this essay I want to address the shift in humanity’s use of imagination as a tool that was once used to define the world as we know it, to questioning the endless possibilities and truths in the metaphysical world. As Einstein mentions imagination as a central aspect of our world, humanity has changed throughout the ages, and has used this tool of imagination to empower different contextual worldviews of their time.

Humanity has used their imagination to shape the world that we dwell in. From the arts and architecture that shape the streets and infrastructure of the cities and internal design of buildings we live in, to the knowledge of science and mathematics that build the foundational learning of highschool education, imagination stems at the root of all these aspects drives humanity’s curiosity to discover these aspects. I was so fortunate to travel to the Vatican City in Italy last year and to witness the sublime and enormous cathedrals that centred the historical cities, I was amazed particularly at the paintings and frescoes that shaped the roofs of the buildings. Layers of colours on top of each other depicting God in the golden clouds of heaven, humans in the greeny nature of Earth and Satan in the fiery depths of hell, painted the ceilings, continually representing the common theme of divinity in the churches. Historical painters imaginatively represented their images and understandings of the Bible and Christian belief in a reoccuring theme of division between the divine and the mortal. Michelangelo’s painting “The Creation of Adam”, revealed the marginal division between God and humanity as well. The Baroque period of Music was a crucial time in the discovery of music theory, chords were defined and Bach’s repertoire showed clear distinction and display of techniques. The classical and romantic period that followed, used these discoveries of knowledge to shape the images of romance and drama that contextually shaped the audience’s enjoyment of music at its contextual era. Imagination was used by artists in different aspects throughout our pre modern society to shape and define the world. Yet as we transition onwards towards a period of post modernity, imagination becomes a tool for questioning reality and truths. By revealing and suggesting the endless possibilities and negating objective truth, imagination shifts its use. Marcel Duchamp was famous for his artwork “Fountain”, depicting a toilet urinal with written words “R.Mutt”, and it questions what art really is. As we age into a contemporary period, humanity questions the reality of truth, the epistemological question of how we really know something to be the way it is? Recent pop artists like Ariana Grande and Lil Nas X releasing songs titled “God is a woman” and music videos depicting God as part of the LGBT community, questions the possibilities and suggests historical depiction of truth. Imagination, a definitive source to picture humanity’s world, has been flipped to endlessly question the possibilities and outcomes of truth, and it is ironic to know how this came about.

Imagination, the founder of knowledge, but now a gold coin to the dispenser of questions in everyone’s minds. The knowledge of the sciences that we live a part of, were all discovered by great philosophers and scientists of the past. The eagerness to reveal the truth behind various hypotheses, fueled humanity’s progression into discoveries and knowledge that we now take for granted in our daily highschool education. Though our imagination knows no bounds, our knowledge of a particular subject is limited. As science and discoveries take place, we establish the metaphysical truths of items, yet it is ironic when we compare its restrictive trait, but liberating repercussions on humanity’s imaginative response. The Western pre-modern society was a predominantly feudalistic society with a mutual acceptance of social classes and its submission to the overarching monarchy of the king (assigned by God). Humanity’s heliocentric discovery of the Earth’s model in the solar system was a revolutionary breakthrough in questioning the previous assumptions of humans as a divine species. The feudalistic model with churches holding the central power of cities, were broken through the Copernican revolution as the previous Geocentric model of the Earth was replaced by a newly discovered truth of our planet in the greater universe. As humanity’s curiosity and imagination for discovering the truth of our world grows, science defines the reality that we know it, questioning the assumptions and models that shaped Christian faith that dominated Europe. Politics originates from an individual’s imagination and worldview on a society’s ideal system. As liberalism, capitalism and socialism all demonstrate times of power and uprising in the modern age of Europe, with historical events of World wars risen from conflicting ideological powers, our humanity has ascended to a level of acceptance in the indefinite truth behind our reality. From a world that was heavily defined by humanity’s interpretation of literature in areas of music and art, imagination has opened our mind’s to knowledge which has inversely flipped our axioms towards a focus on an undefined reality.

People question the truth. [add something bout knowledge and truth]Imagination is more important than knowledge because it is what establishes it in the first place. And from a world that once was so certain on the origins and the eschatological question of life, we have moved to a world of uncertainty. Imagination has opened our minds to a world of possibilities and TV series on the question “What if?”. By exploring the alternative realities and the multiverse, our minds broaden its scope. History has proven that we cannot live in one truth anymore but that the world is shaped with multiple variables which do not necessarily complement one another. Imagination has brought us to discover truths but has also expanded to a level that we fail to comprehend. Humans struggle with existential crisis, and understanding of the truth, as imagination: a weapon that was so powerful in defining truth, has been flipped to stab ourselves as we question our reality in fear and dismay.