Jessie_84

Well when we are going up we are forced to face and work through situations, events and surrounding circumstances. We learn to respond certain ways and continue with our life, mostly. What I am asking is to what extent do all these things determine our philosophy of life. What other factors are there? Religion? Parents? Schooling?
Also can there be major events seen, been involved with etc that can greatly change your philosophy of life? Which leads to the question at what age (average) would one have a solid philosophy on life?

abe smith

ummmm... Well, Jesse; My Impression Izz that your initial qy here is so enormously-GENERALIZED as to be unanswerable. Given that as each-unique one-by-one biological packages
every one of us has a completely unique set of all
those inputs you mention, OF COURSE those are determinant to shape each-of-us's personal thinking; and OF COURSE as inputs change & increase during our life history/-ies .... ... Your question requires something like looking-at
one slice from a library of (serial) microtome
sections in the pathology lab and basing a complete diagnosis on that. Could you be more specific? thanks. Abe

Jessie_84

Well. Yeah it is a very broad question, and is a very broad issues. Damn me, should have thought about it more earlier.

I guess I was talking generally. of the basic question. Do events/cirsumstances have a greater influence on our life philosophy over what we are taught through school, religion and parents.

I guess when it comes to ages it all depends on maturity. So forget about that.

Does it all come down to how much a child goes through growing up and becomming an adult. Does it depend on their exposure to the harships of life? Also their acceptance of "the norm" and their drive to learn and know more.

It is a very open and generalised question. It would be easy to look at every person and their development. It would make for an interesting study. But keeping it as a general question, and personal opinion. Which of the tow factors do you believe to have the greater impact on ones philosophy of life.

Flashlight

Huge.

Keith Russell

Greetings:

I hope that, if one is rational, one bases one's 'life philosophy' primarily on actual, observed events.

The fact that so many people (90 percent of humanity or more) choose instead to guide their life based on hearsay, dogmatic claims, self-delusion, etc., suggests to me that most people are not rational to any significant degree.

The evidence of my own life experience supports this conclusion.

Keith.

K

Jessie_84:

I believe your entire philosophical outlook is determined entirely by all of your experiences and the genetics given to you by your parents. Which experiences are more important for a given individual would be difficult to say.

Jamie_L

I'm not sure I understand the distinction between "events/circumstances" and "what we are taught". Isn't the latter a subset of the former?

Jamie

abe smith

Fer Sher, Jamie: it/they is/are.

slept2long

I think your life philosophy is determined by what you want out of life, and how bad you want it. While I think some events may cause you to forgo a life philosophy altogether most could be seen as preparation for the journey to your goals, or a chance to stop and decide whether or not to press on.

To answer your OP more directly, it depends on the person.

Slept2long

Starboy

I would add to K's comment: Philisophical outlook is also determined by the constraints and possibilties inherent in being a human being.

Staboy