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Yes, very. There are a lot of barriers and intellectual garbage, there is little good information, and even fewer examples to follow. This is a very narrow path for those who like to follow a thread. But there is knowledge about how the world works. In general, everything is fair.
It is impossible to answer this question unequivocally. Personally, I would say that it is still more complicated than it seems.
On the one hand, a person receives a large amount of philosophy indirectly during his life. Through literature, your own reasoning, communicating with other people, watching movies, and even listening to music. Therefore, it is unlikely that someone will find utilitarianism difficult at first glance. When you start reading about this concept, it seems that you already know everything about it, have often met such a position, etc. Roughly speaking, both Thanos in the movies and the boss at work are still utilitarians.
On the other hand, there is always a more complex philosophical layer than just a description of the concept. For example, Mill and Bentham's argument for utilitarianism. This is where a thorough analysis of concepts begins, a reaction to criticism and a justification for the preference of this ethical theory over another. In other words, in practice, a savvy utilitarian will be able to successfully fend off criticism with the help of complex argumentation and philosophical competencies.
And so, I still remember a moment from Hobbes, where he said that the most difficult thing in philosophy is how boring it is at first.
There are people who can talk about philosophy so interestingly, and so clearly-you will hear, unfortunately these people do not live in Russia. It seems to me that our fellow philosophers act on the principle: “You don't know what to say – say it incomprehensibly” But when you gradually begin to understand and feel philosophy, you see that it is alive, it is alive and it is insanely interesting. It would be correct to say that philosophy is not complicated, but our brain has forgotten how to reason, act logically, we do not have time for this – we earn our daily bread by the sweat of our brow, and when we have time, we need to go to the sea, sunbathe and swim. Back in the 40s of the last century, Mortmer Adler wrote in his book “How to read books” that Americans do not know how to read books, I think that in our country the situation was even worse, and now it is very bad. I draw conclusions, the philosophy is different, some are very complex, some are very clear, we are not ready to accept it, we are lazy and inconsistent, we stopped being surprised and asking questions.
Philosophy in its current very difficult and neglected methodological and applied state is very useless and difficult to access for insignificant methodological reasons (methodological degradation).
For example, philosophical vocabulary is absolutely not used in all exact sciences (and in everyday life) due to the lexical self-sufficiency of exact sciences. But it is the philosophical vocabulary that is very effective (especially in over-sophisticated phrases) in order to outright stun and dumbfound the interlocutor “with its scholarship”.
The philosopher Skovoroda thanked God that he “made everything difficult (and philosophy) unnecessary, and everything necessary not difficult.”
No more complicated than the life we live.
There are different philosophies. There is an academic program with its own complex language, aimed mainly at studying the history of philosophy. Everything here is serious and complicated.
There is a practical philosophy aimed at studying meanings, thinking, logic.
For example, “Socratic Dialogue”, which is also used in cognitive psychology.
There is a children's philosophy direction that allows you to talk to children about meanings and thinking. One of the representatives of this trend is the French philosopher Oscar Brenifier, who wrote books and has publications in Russian.
We also encounter philosophy in everyday life, but we do not distinguish it from the flow of events. If we think about our thinking, about the reasons for our actions – this is philosophy. In Russian literature, a writer is usually not only a writer, but a writer-philosopher, a poet-philosopher, who talks about his values, views on the world and its problems. And fairy tales or myths, isn't this a folk philosophy that tells you how to live or vice versa how not to act?
Take the practical side, choose what might be important, interesting, or useful to you right now. And start moving in this direction and it will seem to you not so much difficult, but attractive, useful and developing.
How to view it. What is the task of studying philosophy? If you get acquainted with the history of philosophy, with the teachings of philosophers, so to speak, in the retellings of others, etc., then it is clear — not difficult. And if you want to study in depth and really, then, of course, not easy. Philosophers themselves point out that it is an unusual discipline. It is worth quoting the point of view of the German philosopher Hegel: “Philosophy is not worldly wisdom, but the knowledge of the non-worldly.”
Real philosophy requires the study of the fundamentals of philosophy, and this is, first of all, ontology and theory of knowledge. This is the foundation of philosophy, and without knowing it, it is neither philosophy nor science.
At the same time, there is a question about the subject, that is, about its nature. But this requires a corresponding study of a person from the side of what represents the essence of the soul (human), which, as philosophers believe, in fact, is represented by a person. For it is by it that knowledge is produced, and for our information it is not something that is amenable to natural-scientific study and cognition, since it belongs to another ontological nature — the nature of the non-corporeal. And it is clear to everyone, this should be done by philosophy and <even> more…
And, what, actually to study?
Philosophy is the search for answers to ultimate questions.
For example, Who are we? Why are we here? What's behind death, etc.
You can only study the history of philosophy.
You can use logic, but even here there is a danger of jumping into a rut, and the essence is to look at everything with an extremely independent eye, which means constantly trying to jump out of the rut of thinking, to see new things in the most ordinary.
Well, here, please and formed)))
The study of philosophy consists in the ability to get rid of boilerplate thinking, and to study the history of philosophy with a goal, not to “go” along the topton))
Philosophy is not a science, there is nothing to study in it. Philosophy is a way of thinking.
Science is also a way of thinking, but according to strictly limited rules, while philosophy is not limited by anything, it itself sets the rules for creating science. Therefore, every more or less well-known philosopher has his own personal language for expressing his thinking. Philosophers generate new terms because they consider the still unknown.
The philosopher looks around the world and marks places that can be” poked ” by the scientific method of thinking. So there are sciences that allow the philosopher to look deeper into reality.
As it most often happens, it depends on the textbook and the teacher.
As well as from the student and motivation.
Unfortunately, there are even fewer people who have mastered philosophy than professional philosophers. And there are not many of the latter.
I think it depends on the person. Some people find philosophy easy, while others don't understand it at all. It depends on a person's type of thinking, upbringing, culture, and other external factors. To put it simply, if the soul is lying, it will be easier to study philosophy. And if it seems boring and meaningless, then it is more difficult.