Philosophical Question #16 – Fear
Fear is a natural instinct. Further, it’s a self-preservation mechanism.
As soon as an organism reaches the “sentience
threshold,” it will have an understanding of and is capable of experiencing the
concept of fear, with all the usual physical and psychologically associated aspects. There is not a person here who has not
experienced some kind of fear sometime in their life.
So…
- What do you fear most? Do you know why?
- There may be/are different categories and levels of fear (phobias, anticipations of
potential danger, apprehension of something fearful previously experienced, believed
repercussions from dire mistakes you’ve made, etc.). But, fundamentally, is all fear the same, a one-size-fits-all
kind of thing? I.e., it’s like a
switch; it’s either flipped or it isn’t, on or off?
Explain/make your argument(s).
(by PrimalSoup)
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