what is philosophy?

Question

People say "oh this is my philosopy" but no one ever told me what it means and what it is its like they expect you to know

Answer 1

Philosophy is the discipline concerned with 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][2] The word is of Greek origin: φιλοσοφία (philosophía), a compound of φίλος (phílos: friend, or lover) and σοφία (sophía: wisdom).[3][4]

Though no single 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 rational thinking, 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.[5]

Although the word "philosophy" originates in the Western tradition, many figures in the history of other cultures have addressed similar topics in similar ways.[6] The philosophers of East Asia are discussed in Eastern philosophy, while the philosophers of North Africa and the Middle East, because of their strong interactions with Europe, are usually considered part of Western Philosophy.

Answer 2

Philosophy is the discipline concerned with 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).

Though no single 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 rational thinking, 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.

Answer 3

When people say, "that's my philosophy", they mean to say that what they have just said is a generalization of their beliefs, or approach to life. Philosophy as an educational discipline is the examination of subjects concerning meaning, existence, knowledge, and ethics (that is to say, roughly - there's a lot more to it than that).The confusion between these words occurs often because of the methods in which philosophy is spoken of with relation to philosophers. For example, if I speak of the Tractatus Logicophilosophicus, I am speaking of a philosophical work by Ludwig Wittgenstein. Thus, I may say I speak of 'the philosophy of Wittgenstein', or 'Wittgenstein's philosophy'. This has been adapted to any large set of beliefs in common language.

Answer 4

"My philosophy" implies my truth (epistemology), my logic, my being, and my justifiable behavior.

"You" are "expected" to know iff my truth includes e.g. solipsism ("you" are a figment of my world), telepathy (of course you know), etc.

"A Philosophy of Universality," O. M. Aivanhov, "Climb the Highest Mountain," Mark Prophet, "The Beautiful Story of a Master," Louise-Marie Frenette, "The Path of Virtue," Jonathan Murro, "The Great Divorce," C. S. Lewis, and "Expecting Adam," Martha Beck, Ph.D., are good examples of individual modern philosophies at this and higher levels of discernment.

cordially,

j.

Answer 5

You don't need to know what book-philosophy is to live by YOUR philosophy.

Answer 6

any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation

Answer 7

simply put, thinking in the metaphysical