The privilege of philosophers is that we can start stating anything we like and only at last we will be asked for have setting up a coherent and complete system of thoughts.
This it isn't a whim, it's the necessary condition to transit from the realm of opinions and beliefs to the realm of Sophia because in the border there is not philosophy yet, it's only a will and a attitude, the attitude of those who wanna reach the pure and complete knowledge of everything (as deep as possible).
The foundation of my personal thinking is that our mind is a tool.
This tool has a function: managing our relations with the outer reality. Obviously is not the unique tool to achieve that goal and it isn't its sole purpose, but it's the main function and it's the reason (I'm pretty sure) because human beings have evolved as they have done.
Thinking leads our physical relation with the environment to satisfy our needs.
In that sense, it has a practical purpose, a narrow relationship with praxis that can be mesured and evaluated in terms of efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency.
In my opinion, only by its effects in satisfy our needs (physical, emotional, social, etc.) our thinking obtains its value and its legitimacy.
That rule of thumb implies that if my personal thinking isn't useful, then it's wrong and any simple thought is only guaranteed if it benefits our expectations and needs.
