Report, edit, etc...Posted by KckKryptonite on 2006-09-12 at 18:41:43
This is a proposal I did on defining philosophy for one of my classes, but I'd like to hear other people's opinions on what Philosophy is, so as to maybe improve on my own idea.
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Defining Philosophy
Philosophy is an area to argue about any science, social morals, or values, in search of wisdom, success, happiness, holiness, etc. Philosophy can debate anything it wishes to debate and question anything it wishes to question, even the question itself, with no real boundaries, grounding in fact, or rules to follow. Philosophy is the love of, and search, for wisdom. Philosophy is something we all do at one point or another in our lives.
Philosophers imagine, analyze, and scrutinize what may be, might be, could be, should be, and what is. Philosophers constantly ask why and how and try to provide us with answers and an understanding to the most basic questions (i.e. What is just or unjust?) of life. Philosophers seek true wisdom through their own form of logical reasoning. Philosophers try to define the undefinable and explain the unexplainable.
Philosophy wants us to follow the laws of human nature, though philosophers can only subjectively state what is truly right or what is wrong. Is something right because we believe it is right? Is something wrong because the majority of people would see it as wrong? Philosophy may ask and attempt to answer questions like these. Philosophy tries to resolve conflict and provide only one, correct, point of view.
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Defining Philosophy
Philosophy is an area to argue about any science, social morals, or values, in search of wisdom, success, happiness, holiness, etc. Philosophy can debate anything it wishes to debate and question anything it wishes to question, even the question itself, with no real boundaries, grounding in fact, or rules to follow. Philosophy is the love of, and search, for wisdom. Philosophy is something we all do at one point or another in our lives.
Philosophers imagine, analyze, and scrutinize what may be, might be, could be, should be, and what is. Philosophers constantly ask why and how and try to provide us with answers and an understanding to the most basic questions (i.e. What is just or unjust?) of life. Philosophers seek true wisdom through their own form of logical reasoning. Philosophers try to define the undefinable and explain the unexplainable.
Philosophy wants us to follow the laws of human nature, though philosophers can only subjectively state what is truly right or what is wrong. Is something right because we believe it is right? Is something wrong because the majority of people would see it as wrong? Philosophy may ask and attempt to answer questions like these. Philosophy tries to resolve conflict and provide only one, correct, point of view.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by JordanN_3335 on 2006-09-12 at 18:51:33
Pssh philosphy is just a humans way of trying to figure out were did they come from and what is there purpose. You don't see animals crying about there life. 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Lord_Agamemnon(MM) on 2006-09-12 at 20:04:55
I'd say your definition is a bit all-inclusive: I certainly wouldn't consider science philosophy.
I would argue philosophy is:
The investigation/arguing of opinions, especially ones relating to moral or paradoxical issues.
Discussion of anything with no distinct physical embodiment. Thus physics is not philosophy, but discussing the meaning of existence is.
I would argue philosophy is:
The investigation/arguing of opinions, especially ones relating to moral or paradoxical issues.
Discussion of anything with no distinct physical embodiment. Thus physics is not philosophy, but discussing the meaning of existence is.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rantent on 2006-09-12 at 21:15:13
Philosophy is your idea of how and why things work based upon what you know of them.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by JaFF on 2006-09-13 at 08:46:46
QUOTE(Rantent @ Sep 13 2006, 04:14 AM)
Philosophy is your idea of how and why things work based upon what you know of them.
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That can apply to math, geography, physics, chemistry, and some others...
A great ancient Greek philosopher (don't remember which), said that his main task as a philosopher is to understand the meaning of life...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2006-09-14 at 00:41:58
A huge chunk of any Religion is pretty much philosophy.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by IA-Sky on 2006-09-14 at 15:11:24
Philosophy is the attempt to answer Questions
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Gamma on 2006-09-23 at 21:18:06
Philosophy is the "about" part describing a thing.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Revelade on 2006-09-27 at 18:01:29
The goal of philosophy would be ultimately finding the truth.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Felagund on 2006-09-27 at 22:59:50
I'm thinking that the truth is just a bunch of relative "facts" that suit any given desire. After all, our perception of reality is relative to each of us, so how might we define truth? Is truth universal, or is it relative as all? Then, what is true for one person might not be for another. Chew on that. I'm exhausted.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Revelade on 2006-09-29 at 03:13:28
Would you say 2+2=4 is different for everyone?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rantent on 2006-09-29 at 13:22:34
For those who have experienced otherwise it is.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2006-09-30 at 16:53:20
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Would you say 2+2=4 is different for everyone?
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2+2 = 22
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2006-09-30 at 17:33:35
If you were raised on a base 10 number system, sure. Someone who uses binary won't even know what "2" is.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Centreri on 2006-09-30 at 18:13:40
To most people, 2 is a concept, not a character. It depends how you think of it. Someone who doesn't think of it as a concept would say that 2 + 2 = 4. Someone who recognizes that the common 2 is a concept would say 2 + 2 = 4. It's a matter of understanding, not opinion.