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

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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 Individual

Philosophy is the matter of an individual. It must originate from its age and bear fruits from its soil; but the uniqueness of philosophy fully comes to life in the context of including narratives from all of thoughtful humankind. General humaneness is claimed in the philosophical works of East Asia, India, the Occident as its kind of factual philosophizing by humans. Reverberating upon these works, ones Whenever principles for philosophizing can be formed, they constitute an indication for remembrance of primal experiences and the means of their elucidation. While such propositions can bring refreshment in truthful awareness of being, when taken alone they cannot constitute a complete teaching of truth. Whenever a person communicates philosophyand philosophizing is shared in this form alonesuch philosophy cannot take on a form that is valid for all, or complete, or final. Our principles here are serious, but not a confession; they are carried by the faith in their implicit truth, but not a claim for unconditional acceptance; they try to seek approval of such truth by the other, but constitute simultaneously also an encouragement for the stranger to engage in questioning us, and all this as an expressed intent for clarification. [. . .]

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

Principles for Philosophizing: Introduction to Philosophical Life, 1942/43 en Helmut Wautischer Alan M. Olson, Gregory J. Walters, Editors. Philosophical Faith and the Future of Humanity, Dordrecht, Springer, 2012
Jaspers, Karl,
This unpublished manuscript was released by Hans Saner, curator of Jaspers literary estate, for first publication and is translated from German by Helmut 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 la exigencia de una educacin de calidad para todos. Adems, invita a respetar la diversidad cultural, el intercambio de opiniones y el aprovechamiento 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 Filosofa 17 de noviembre de 2011