Five areas of Philosophy and one question each asks????
Im not trying to get free answers, but is is a review for my up comming exam, and this is a question that I am having a hard time with and cannot find....professor is not a real help...so if anyone could help me out with this, it would do wonders for me....
So I guess there are 5 areas of Philosophy...and each one asks a question....
What are they??
thank you for your help
2007-02-21 02:33:03 · 5 answers · asked by Yep 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
There may be more or less than five, depending who you ask and how they classify things (philosophers are a contentious bunch!). You should really check your course curriculum and figure out what areas your professor has in mind. I can think of six right now off the top of my head (maybe five if you group epistemology and logic together, or ethics and politics, etc...)
Logic: What arguments are valid?
Epistemology: What constitutes science?
Ethics: What should I do?
Metaphysics: What is the nature of being?
Aesthetics: What is beautiful?
Politics: How should men be governed?
Some thinkers would even add theology: What is the nature of the divine?
Unfortunately, this is one of those school exercises where the professor apparently wants you to parrot his idea of classification. I'm sure there is some kind of clue in the curriculum, or readings, because frankly, it's not a real philosophy question.
EDIT: He probably has the five classical branches in mind. These were set out by Aristotle. So these would be logic, ethics, metaphysics, politics and Aesthetics.
2007-02-21 02:47:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow!you already got intelligent answers right away. I'm not trying to be funny ,but I would study the first guy s answer and then add .
(1) who
(2) what
(3) when
(4)where
(5)how
Not very intelligent sounding but it covers everything out there.,as long as you have answer for the questions asked (smile you know what I'm saying) good luck! hope you get an A.
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2016-10-16 04:17:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
metaphysics (what is reality?)
Epistemology (by what means do we know what is real?)
Ethics (what should we strive for?)
Politics (how should we relate with each other?)
Aesthetics ( what is beauty?)
2007-02-21 03:00:28 · answer #4 · answered by Real Friend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you study your material ?
2007-02-21 03:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by jacquesh2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋