We present an account of what it takes to live a philosophical way of life: practitioners must be committed to a worldview, structure their lives around it, and engage in truthdirected practices. Contra John Cooper, it does not require that one’s life be solely guided by reason. A philosophical way of life does involve reflection and the use of reason, but it does not require perfection or solitary achievement. Religious or tradition-based ways of life can count as truth-directed as long as their practices are reasons-responsive and would be truth-directed if the claims made by their way of life are correct. We argue that our three conditions can be met by progressors as well as sages. Making progress in how one acts in the world and improving one’s understanding and direction through being part of a community is living a philosophical way of life. Our view acknowledges more ways to develop the art of living and enables a broader range of people to count as living philosophically.

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在哲学上生活需要什么：或者，如何在生活的艺术上取得进步

我们介绍了一种哲学生活方式需要什么：从业者必须致力于世界观，围绕它构建他们的生活，并参与以真理为导向的实践。与约翰库珀相反，它并不要求一个人的生活完全由理性引导。哲学的生活方式确实涉及反思和理性的运用，但它不需要完美或孤独的成就。宗教或基于传统的生活方式可以算作以真理为导向，只要他们的实践是对原因作出反应的，并且如果他们的生活方式所提出的主张是正确的，那么它们就是以真理为导向的。我们认为进步者和圣人都可以满足我们的三个条件。通过成为社区的一部分，在一个人在世界上的行为方式上取得进展并提高自己的理解和方向，这是一种哲学的生活方式。