Philosophy
* All philosophies deal with ontology, epistemology, and ethics.
* Philosophies are normally about something, like a philosophy about life
  - yet another diversity
  - can be moral, immoral, or amoral
  - do things
  - stem from culture
* Sketch the development of human thought.
* Some philosophies hold that man and the world are by nature imperfect, corrupt or evil.
* addresses questions about the ultimate nature of reality including our place in it.
* affects how they see the world and what they appreciate.
* aims at the logical clarification of thoughts.
* also appeals to the analytical mind
  - connects with the human sciences such as psychology through the study of mind
  - contributes uniquely to the development of expressive and communicative powers
  - has alot of overlap with law
  - means systematic or scientific understanding as well
* attempts by means of concepts to transcend concepts.
* attempts to find solutions by means of human reason
  - integrate all human thought and experience into a meaningful whole
  - provide answers for seemingly unsolvable problems
* battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
* big, frightening word with several meanings.
* broad subject which can range across both fiction and non-fiction.
* broadens the range of things one can understand and enjoy.
* can deepen one's understanding of many aspects of life
  - sometimes assist individuals in their personal lives
* combination of two Greek words, philein sophia, meaning lover of wisdom.
* comes alive most vigorously when it interacts with other disciplines
  - from the Greek philosophia , meaning love of wisdom
  - in many forms, and has many associated practices
  - to be identified more and more with analysis and critical thinking
* concerns itself with the fundamental issues of justice, morality, knowledge, and reality.
* confronts human values precisely as values.
* considers fundamental questions of the nature and meaning of chance.
* consists of human thought.
* core discipline in the humanities.
* creation of the mind, an expanse of intelligibility and hence of reality.
* cultivates a sensitivity to values, to systems of thought, and to other people.
* deals with many of the same issues as psychology but in a less empirical way.
* deals with the fundamental aspects of reality and value
  - most general questions of life, existence, and reality
  - theories about the most basic beliefs and values that people have
* dictates that the basis of truth is in math.
* discipline that at first seems incommensurate with the military environment
  - becomes most concrete as one shares one's own experiences
  - cultivates critical thinking
* discipline that encourages questioning and independent thought
  - students to be free thinkers
* disciplined study in that it uses specific methods.
* emphasizes the construction and evaluation of arguments.
* encourages people to become critical thinkers.
* enhances the ability to perceive the relationships among the various fields of study.
* enlarges our conception of what is possible and enriches our intellectual imagination.
* examines every aspect of life and the world with the desire to discover truth
  - the structure and meaning and ethics of violence
* fundamental humanities discipline.
* furnishes the resources for integrating knowledge and values into a coherent whole.
* gives the way to attain immortality.
* has a presence in a number of sectors
  - rather odd status among the core disciplines of the humanities and social sciences
  - very long history
  - for centuries rested on the conception of humans 'sitting and thinking'
  - no axioms since it is simply what reason knows by means of concepts
  - the tools for the solution of philosophical problems at hand
* helps people to understand the world and the way people act and think.
* highly interdisciplinary subject.
* identifies a person's boundaries, and the hierarchy of beliefs.
* indeed has no other origin.
* influences daily education in many ways.
* involves learning to assess ideas and participate in controversy
  - the construction of arguments
* is about asking questions, looking for answers
  - understanding, but about self-conscious understanding
  - values and critical thinking
  - actually the history of the thought processes of men through the ages
* is all about making our beliefs consistent
  - rational, systematic knowledge
* is also a living practice
  - particular way, or ways, of thinking
  - subject that can be fruitfully combined with a large number of other subjects
  - an academic discipline with a certain history and content
  - like math because it deals with ideal objects, objects of thought
  - always a conversation in which there are a number of voices to be heard
* is an academic discipline in that it is the study of the history of thought
  - activity that uses reasoning and rigorous argument to promote human flourishing
  - ancient discipline teaching skills that are always in demand
  - attempt to get clear on some basic issues in our lives
  - attitude of mind towards doctrines ignorantly entertained
  - expression, perhaps the ultimate expression, of human freedom
  - intensely practical science
  - interactive discipline
  - interpretation of the world in order to change it
  - another word for thinking
  - belief systems
  - book philosophy
  - characterized by abstract informal thinking
  - concerned with arguments
* is concerned with issues of central importance to human life and society
  - enduring importance to humankind
* is concerned with the discovery of causes
  - nature of mind and thinking
  - structure and growth of knowledge
  - transmission and evaluation of basic beliefs and values
  - ultimate questions
  - defined by everyone as love of truth and devotion to wisdom
* is different from any kind of extreme, whether in thinking or living
  - ordinary ways of knowing
  - essential to a martial art
* is everywhere, but literature is one of the richest lodes of philosophical thought
  - hidden in human relations - the heartbeat of everything
  - hierarchically prior to physics
  - impartial judgment without prejudice, underestimation or overestimation
  - intercultural because it is founded on the basic structure of the human mind
  - known as an academic discipline on college campuses
  - literally the love of wisdom
  - love of wisdom, or striving for wisdom
  - made up of many different sub-fields
  - metaphysics
* is much like particle physics
  - more than the acquisition of a certain kind of knowledge
  - one of mankind's oldest and most complicated endeavors
* is one of the most ancient and prestigious of all academic disciplines
  - world's oldest subjects of study
  - subject in which formal logic is fundamental
  - with education, which continually develops and renews the capacity for new habits
  - our attempt to understand the world
  - possible as a rigorous science at all only through pure phenomenology
  - related to one's true self and the artist's own audience
  - religion's access to science
  - religion, with a different name, mode, and function in human experience
  - responsible for providing a model explaining the purpose of the universe itself
  - systematic reflection upon the common experience of mankind
  - taught to undergraduates primarily as a contribution to their liberal education
  - that discipline in which questioning is central
* is the action of trying to create new ideas
  - activity by means of which the meaning of statements is clarified and defined
  - analysis and evaluation of basic assumptions
* is the art of life
  - rational thought
* is the attempt to answer certain persistent human questions
  - think clearly about puzzling matters
  - understand fundamental issues by means of careful logical reasoning
  - bleeding edge of social change
  - child of a recognition of the inadequacies in life
  - conceptual presentation of ideas about reality
  - cornerstone of the humanities
  - critical examination of human life in order to find a life worth living
* is the critical study of alternatives
  - ideas fundamental to life
  - development and exercise of right love for all that is of value
  - discipline devoted to the study of the fundamental questions of everyday life
  - discovery of the meaning behind life
  - essence of religion
  - foundation for reasoned truths and principles of moral conduct
* is the foundation of all disciplines and philosophers draw on all fields of study
  - strategy, which preceeds investment selection
  - human condition writ large and analysed
  - interested search for wisdom
  - love and pursuit of wisdom
* is the love of science
  - the wisdom, the search for truth
  - or at least pursuit of philosophical wisdom
  - most important aspect of life
  - mother of all the sciences
* is the oldest form of scholarly inquiry, dating back all the way back to ancient Greece
  - systematic, scholarly inquiry
  - origin and end of all serious thought the world over
  - passion to understanding the ultimate principles of the whole of reality
  - putting of our thought and language in order
  - quest for understanding of the world, including man's place in it
* is the rational aspect of religion
  - foundation of religion, and religion is the practice of philosophy
* is the science of becoming
  - ultimate ground
* is the search for the truth
  - truth through reason and logic
  - self-expression of the growing spirit in man
  - serious and systematic attempt to investigate such questions
  - study of central questions of human existence
* is the study of fundamental problems about the nature of reality, knowledge, and value
  - questions about the nature of reality, knowledge, and value
  - human beings and the world by thinking and asking questions
* is the study of the ideas that shape our thought and activity
  - processes governing thought
  - sum of mankind's attempts to answer the questions at the heart of being human
  - system of all philosophical knowledge
  - systematic abuse of a terminology specially invented for that purpose
  - viewing of viewpoints
  - work of rational speculation
  - thus central to the liberal arts
  - understood in the existentialism as one of the basic existence ways
* is, in consequence, identical with religion
  - contrast to ideology, concerned with the understanding of the reality
* life-long occupation, and there are few philosophers.
* literally means love of wisdom.
* matter of life and death.
* means 'the love of wisdom'
  - of teaching people the way to live the good life
  - the love of knowledge
  - thinking, especially about the most fundamental questions
* means, above all else, freedom of thought and free play of ideas.
* often deals with two opposing perspectives, the nominalist and the idealist
  - explores the conceptual foundations of other disciplines
* part of our knowledge.
* pretends to do everything, to solve all the problems of the world.
* progressive science , like physics or mathematics.
* provides an integration of all the arts, sciences and religion into a cohesive whole.
* pursues a dialogue of human persons across the centuries and across cultures.
* question of life and death.
* rational enquiry into the forms, contents and implications of experience.
* refers to any moral system.
* remains central to understanding the strengths of Western civilization.
* seeks to explain life
  - understand underlying patterns of thought in our cultural achievements
  - unify our lives, and to clarify the values that give life meaning
  - truth and knowledge according to the light of reason alone
* set of beliefs and values that guide a person's actions.
* social practice.
* special way of signifying the world and turning reality into discourse
* strives to pursue truth and to gain knowledge.
* subject of reason
  - with a long history and a short memory
* supplies the raison d etre of religious practices, even of ritual, image and symbol.
* takes place in discourse.
* teaches people how to understand, analyze, and evaluate concepts and arguments
  - to think clearly and to act authentically
  - precision in reasoning and clarity in expression, which are assets in any field
  - skills in thinking and acting, values-based reasoning, and character development
* team sport.
* tradition replete with techniques for keeping conversation alive.
* traditional route to the study of law.
* tries to look at the role of a nation in human affairs.
* uses reason and syllogisms, theology uses scripture, and poetry uses stories and fables.
* vast and far-reaching discipline, one that touches all facets of life.
* way of acting together, it is real dialogue.
* work of the fallen human mind, earthbound and limited.
+ Category:Philosophy: Humanities
+ Philosophy, Is philosophy good or bad?
  * Very few people would dispute this. It is easy to argue that philosophy is a good thing, because it helps people to think more clearly. Philosophy helps people to understand the world and the way people act and think. Philosophers believe that asking philosophical questions is useful because it brings wisdom and helps people to learn about the world and each other.