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Justin
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The Philosophy of Hope

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Hi everybody

I have put up a post (https://panexperientialism.blogspot.com ... ope_8.html)on my blog inspired by the work of German philosopher Ernst Bloch and am keen to get some feedback on it. Here is a summary of it:

1. The concept of hope is an appropriate starting point for philosophy

2. Hope consists of a desire for an outcome and a belief in the outcome’s possibility

3. One should hope for the best thing that is realistically possible

4. The best thing that is realistically possible is Universal Perfection

5. Hoping for Universal Perfection entails striving for a human Utopia

6. Striving for Utopia provides a grounds for assessing appropriate actions, beliefs and theories

7. In deciding what actions to take to realise Utopia, theoretical analysis, speculation and interpretation are essential

8. However, the objective of analysis is not to provide an indubitable foundation for knowledge or action

9. Rather, the objective of analysis is to provide a reasonable basis for actions, the efficacy of which is assessed by their effects on the progression towards Utopia

10. The point is not to interpret the world, but to change it.

Comments are welcome!
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.........................................The need for the presence of hope cannot be overstated. Good post. GREAT subject.





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Justin wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:56 am Hi everybody

I have put up a post (https://panexperientialism.blogspot.com ... ope_8.html)on my blog inspired by the work of German philosopher Ernst Bloch and am keen to get some feedback on it. Here is a summary of it:

1. The concept of hope is an appropriate starting point for philosophy

2. Hope consists of a desire for an outcome and a belief in the outcome’s possibility

3. One should hope for the best thing that is realistically possible

4. The best thing that is realistically possible is Universal Perfection

5. Hoping for Universal Perfection entails striving for a human Utopia

6. Striving for Utopia provides a grounds for assessing appropriate actions, beliefs and theories

7. In deciding what actions to take to realise Utopia, theoretical analysis, speculation and interpretation are essential

8. However, the objective of analysis is not to provide an indubitable foundation for knowledge or action

9. Rather, the objective of analysis is to provide a reasonable basis for actions, the efficacy of which is assessed by their effects on the progression towards Utopia

10. The point is not to interpret the world, but to change it.

Comments are welcome!

The problem of despair is that it needs hope in order to be observed...hope is inevitable. Only weak hope needs despair, in order to be observed, yet hope is present nonetheless.
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Based on discussions elsewhere, I have come up with two improved versions, a maximalist version and a minimalist version:

Maximalist Version

1. The concept of hope is an appropriate starting point for philosophy

2. Hope consists of a desire for an outcome and a belief in the outcome’s possibility

3. The best thing to hope for is a world that most people would want most

5. A world that most people would want most is Utopia

6. Hoping for Utopia entails striving for Utopia

7. Striving for Utopia provides grounds for assessing appropriate actions, beliefs and theories

8. In deciding what actions to take to realise Utopia, theoretical analysis, speculation and interpretation are essential

9. However, the objective of analysis is not to provide an indubitable foundation for knowledge or action

10. Rather, the objective of analysis is to provide a reasonable basis for actions, the efficacy of which is assessed by their effects on the progression towards Utopia

11. The point is not to interpret the world, but to change it.

Minimalist Version

1. The concept of hope is an appropriate starting point for philosophy

2. Hope consists of a desire for an outcome and a belief in the outcome’s possibility

3. Things can get better or they can get worse

4. It is best to hope for things to get better

5.Hoping for things to get better entails striving to make things better

6. Striving to make things better provides grounds for assessing appropriate actions, beliefs and theories

7. In deciding what actions to take to make things better, theoretical analysis, speculation and interpretation are essential

8. However, the objective of analysis is not to provide an indubitable foundation for knowledge or action

9. Rather, the objective of analysis is to provide a reasonable basis for actions, the efficacy of which is assessed by their effects on whether things get better

10. The point is not to interpret the world, but to change it.
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hope is as irrelevant as despair wrt to philosophy.

the latter concern Truth, the former concerns ego and feelings.
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