Philosophy tries to solve issues and problems . The issues and problems are general and theoretical. Philosophy is not primarily interested in the relationship between, e.g., Jane s anxiety and her dry mouth, but rather in the general relationship between a person s mind and her body. Philosophy is not primarily interested, e.g., in whether Johnny s behavior last night is morally wrong or not, but in what it is about human actions that makes them morally wrong or not. The attempt to solve such issues and problems in the theoretical aspect of philosophy.
Philosophy is made up of many different sub-fields .
Logic and ethics are two that are well known. Nor does it proceed by any special kind of observation or experimentation not shared by the natural sciences. It proceeds by reasoning and argument . It asks after foundations and hunts down ultimate assumptions . It often challenges what everyone accepts and asks for proof when no one is in doubt.