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Philosophy (φιλοσοφία, 'love of wisdom', in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions.
- Philosophy of Language
One of the central figures involved in this development was...
- Plato
Plato (/ ˈ p l eɪ t oʊ / PLAY-toe; Greek: Πλάτων), born...
- Philosophes
The philosophes (French for 'philosophers') were the...
- American philosophy
American philosophy is the activity, corpus, and tradition...
- Philosophy of Language
Philosophy is the study of wisdom. In fact, Philosophia is the Ancient Greek word for the "love of wisdom". A person who works in the field of philosophy is called a philosopher. A philosopher is a kind of thinker and researcher. A "philosophy" can also mean a group of ideas or way of living suggested by philosophers.
Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher born in Königsberg, East Prussia. Kant studied philosophy at the University of Königsberg, and later became a professor of philosophy. He called his system "transcendental idealism".
- Western Philosophy
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban PC (/ ˈ b eɪ k ən /; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), known as Lord Verulam between 1618 and 1621, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I.
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