2006-12-27 03:24:35 · 4 answers · asked by tobabill 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Philosophy, the love of wisdom, has 5 traditional branches, which try to answer the basic human questions:
Logic - what is truth?
Ethics - what is good?
Aesthetics - what is beauty?
Metaphysics - what is real?
Epistemology - what is knowledge?
2006-12-27 03:42:01 · answer #1 · answered by Philo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you break down the word philosophy, you get the words philo, meaning love, and sophy, meaning thought, so I guess it would literally mean the love of thought of the love of thought, the love of the love of thought, or something along those lines.
2006-12-27 13:55:31 · answer #2 · answered by David B H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wisdom
2006-12-27 12:18:10 · answer #3 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The philosophy of philosophy is 'meta-philosophy'.
2006-12-27 20:40:31 · answer #4 · answered by versus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋