  philosophical method (or philosophical methodology) is the study of how to do philosophy. a common view among philosophers is that philosophy is distinguished by the ways that philosophers follow in addressing philosophical questions. there is not just one method that philosophers use to answer philosophical questions. ==methodology process== systematic philosophy is a generic term that applies to philosophical methods and approaches that attempt to provide a framework in reason that can explain all questions and problems related to human life. examples of systematic philosophers include plato, aristotle, descartes, spinoza, and hegel. in a meaningful sense, all of western philosophy from plato to the modern schools of theoretical metaphysics. in many ways, any attempts to formulate a philosophical method that provides the ultimate constituents of reality, a metaphysics, can be considered systematic philosophy. in modern philosophy the reaction to systematic philosophy began with kierkegaard and continued in various forms through analytic philosophy, existentialism, hermeneutics, and deconstructionism.the ammonius foundation some common features of the methods that philosophers follow (and discuss when discussing philosophical method) include: *methodic doubt - a systematic process of being skeptical about (or doubting) the truth of one's beliefs. *argument - provide an argument or several arguments supporting the solution. *dialectic - present the solution and arguments for criticism by other philosophers, and help them judge their own. ===doubt and the sense of wonder=== plato said that "philosophy begins in wonder",plato, theaetetus 155 d (tr. benjamin jowett) a view which is echoed by aristotle: "it was their wonder, astonishment, that first led men to philosophize and still leads them."aristotle, metaphysics 982b12 philosophizing may begin with some simple doubts about accepted beliefs. the initial impulse to philosophize may arise from suspicion, for example that we do not fully understand, and have not fully justified, even our most basic beliefs about the world. ===formulate questions and problems=== another element of philosophical method is to formulate questions to be answered or problems to be solved. the working assumption is that the more clearly the question or problem is stated, the easier it is to identify critical issues. a relatively small number of major philosophers prefer not to be quick, but to spend more time trying to get extremely clear on what the problem is all about. ===enunciate a solution=== another approach is to enunciate a 
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