I plan on taking philosophy next year, but im not to sure what the course is about?

Question

Can some1 tell me what is philiosophy, and what i could be learning?

Answer 1

From Wikipedia:

Philosophy is the discipline concerned with the questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine knowledge (epistemology); and what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic).[1]

The word itself is of Greek origin: φιλοσοφία (philosophía) is a compound of φίλος (phílos: friend, or lover) and σοφία (sophía: wisdom).[2][3]

Though no definition of philosophy is uncontroversial, and the field has historically expanded and changed depending upon what kinds of questions were interesting or relevant in a given era, it is generally agreed that philosophy is a method, rather than a set of claims, propositions, or theories. Its investigations are based upon reason, striving to make no unexamined assumptions and no leaps based on faith or pure analogy. Different philosophers have had varied ideas about the nature of reason, and there is also disagreement about the subject matter of philosophy. Some think that philosophy examines the process of inquiry itself. Others, that there are essentially philosophical propositions which it is the task of philosophy to prove.[4]

Although the word "philosophy" originates in the Western tradition, many figures in the history of other cultures have addressed similar topics in similar ways.[5] The philosophers of the Far East are discussed in Eastern philosophy, while the philosophers of North Africa and the Near East, because of their strong interactions with Europe, are usually considered part of Western Philosophy.

Good Luck....

Answer 2

I took philosophy as an elective in college. It was a fun class for me. I hope you enjoy it too.

Basically, it's just a class that asks you to think about everything in shades of grey rather than black and white.

You might start with a question that seems to have a simple answer like, "Would you kill a child?" You want to quickly answer, "No, never!" But is that the only answer? What if the death of this one child will save the lives of ten others, or a hundred, or a thousand? What if the child is a 15 year old behind the wheel of a stolen car speeding toward a crowded sidewalk? What if the child behind the wheel of the car is only 7 years old?

"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as to seem not worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it."
Bertrand Russell

Answer 3

You will be learning what others believe life is about....Plato, Socretes, etc. They all thought the had the world figured out. It's pretty interesting....it may even include some of the poets...Byron, Shakespeare...

Answer 4

it talks about philosophy 0f man, philosophy of nature, appreciating arts, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, God and etc.

Answer 5

You really are serious, aren't you? I admire your drive.