2007-06-15 19:05:33 · 11 answers · asked by jemari_enriquez 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
anybody has an answer for this question.Its possible to write a book on it.But:
I think Philosophy means Question!
You've asked "What is philosophy" simply it is a Philosophy too.
everyday you walk around and ask yourself
What,Why,How these are the questions of philosophy...isnt it?
looking in thing more deeper than you do everyday...its philosophy.
2007-06-15 19:14:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy has a collection of meanings. To put it simply though, philosophy is concerned with the system of ethics, therefore how a person should live morally, developing a structure of correct reasoning, the different kinds of things that exist in the universe and what makes it so, and lastly, what counts as genuine knowledge.
2007-06-15 19:29:24 · answer #2 · answered by eviichristensen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actual philosophy, invented by Socrates
philo- love sophia-wisdom
philosophy, in it's purest sense, means love of wisdom. All wisdom. Anything you can do, experience, observe, ask about, etc. This means everything from contemplations on life to biology, to athletics.
Today philosophy has been watered down into this basic question, "What is the purpose of man, and how does he fit into civil society?"
Any question you can pose about politics, virtue, the soul etc. can be brought back to that question.
2007-06-15 19:52:57 · answer #3 · answered by Born at an early age 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Phil = love
soph = wisdom
Therefore, philosopher literally means, a lover of wisdom.
And as I said in another philosophy question, people get degrees in all kinds of subjects... a degree proves you have knowledge and maybe even some understanding of a matter.
Wisdom is what you do with what you know. And learning what to do with what you know comes ONLY by life's experiences. Anyone who loves learning - or who simply learns by accident, because he or she loves living - can be considered a philosopher.
2007-06-15 19:30:13 · answer #4 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy is certainly a "love of wisdom," but it is also a human attempt, in the face of being dead wrong, to ask a new question.
2007-06-15 21:07:58 · answer #5 · answered by God_Lives_Underwater 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as people have answered before me - it means a lover of wisdom.
"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)"
Counter to others:
It is not easy because your answers to questions MUST be argued - you cannot just 'dream up' answers (as some have)
It is not stabling around in the dark but bathing in the light of reason.
Superior to theology because it does not start with unquestioned premises.
...and it is not about opinions.
2007-06-15 21:06:34 · answer #6 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy is the art and science of thinkin' about stuff.
2007-06-15 20:36:15 · answer #7 · answered by captblood 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A philosopher is a blind man in a dark cellar at midnight looking for a black cat that isn`t there.He is distinguished from a theologian,in that the theologian finds the cat.
2007-06-15 20:02:33 · answer #8 · answered by Mark 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A subject students usually take if they're too lazy to memorize scientific names and too dumb to analyze numbers
2007-06-15 20:06:33 · answer #9 · answered by x 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the words on a cereal box, the smile on a dog
2007-06-15 19:18:31 · answer #10 · answered by deirdrefaith 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋