2006-06-07 17:09:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
phi·los·o·phy (fĭ-lŏs'ə-fē) pronunciation
n., pl. -phies.
1. Love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means and moral self-discipline.
2. Investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning rather than empirical methods.
3. A system of thought based on or involving such inquiry: the philosophy of Hume.
4. The critical analysis of fundamental assumptions or beliefs.
5. The disciplines presented in university curriculums of science and the liberal arts, except medicine, law, and theology.
6. The discipline comprising logic, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and epistemology.
7. A set of ideas or beliefs relating to a particular field or activity; an underlying theory: an original philosophy of advertising.
8. A system of values by which one lives: has an unusual philosophy of life.
2006-06-11 02:56:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uncovering what exists AS it exists-- that is, to put oneself in that state of dissatisfaction of uncertainty-- to restrain the importune usage of reifying concepts so that our understanding may grow, our limitations faced and dissolve, to make known coherence from what was chaos. But also to dance with chaos and remember that our paintings are both as real as the real, subordinate to the real, and more real than the real--- all at the same moment. Any Philosophy spells its death in dogmatism. Which is the mode of so-called "real-life." To every limit there is a beyond to think or unthink. That's our job.
2006-06-08 02:19:02 · answer #2 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge of the self and surroundings. It requires questioning everything that comes to mind, and finding the root cause. It requires contemplation more than anything else. It requires imagination, logic, understanding of people, observing and analyzing animals and plants as well as sky and stars, and anything and everything, and being open to good ideas, until you find better ones. Its output is the clarity of the soul, sharing, and comfort.
2006-06-08 00:27:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The philosophy is a way, to describe and explain the complete life in a lot of diferent ways.
2006-06-08 00:53:37 · answer #4 · answered by berni 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh, dont you mean philosophy? Sounds like you are just trying to be smarter than you actually are, there can not be more than one definition to philosophy. It is just ones set of ideas and morals on certain topics.
2006-06-08 00:13:23 · answer #5 · answered by vakeesha laquisha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy is just a theory of living ways..
2006-06-08 00:16:18 · answer #6 · answered by Drone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy is the art of thinking!
2006-06-08 00:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by The Infidel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy is a way to explain away why you are unable to do anything.
2006-06-08 00:16:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Philiosophy" is not a word; thus there is no definition.
2006-06-08 00:14:20 · answer #9 · answered by ryan5555 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a long time, many people have tried to answer this... anyway... its just about trying to find truth.
2006-06-08 21:21:24 · answer #10 · answered by mvillagranaz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋