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- DictionaryPhi·los·o·phy/fəˈläsəfē/
noun
- 1. the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
5 days ago · Philosophy involves a methodical assessment of any and all aspects of human existence and experience. The realms of philosophy and religion have sometimes intersected in conducting such inquiries as these.
4 days ago · Definition. Metaphysics is the study of the most general features of reality, including existence, objects and their properties, possibility and necessity, space and time, change, causation, and the relation between matter and mind. It is one of the oldest branches of philosophy.
5 days ago · Others – the optimists – argue that philosophy has made about as much progress as could reasonably be expected (e.g., Stoljar, 2017), or even that there is a sense in which philosophy has collective knowledge of the answers to all of its big questions (e.g., Cappelen, 2017).
4 days ago · Abstract: A working definition of philosophy is proposed and a few philosophical problems are illustrated. Some general comments about the nature of philosophy can be summarized from the previous tutorial. Etymologically, "philosophy" can be broken into the following roots and examples.
1 day ago · Ethics, also referred to as moral philosophy, is the study of moral phenomena. It is one of the main branches of philosophy and investigates the nature of morality and the principles that govern the moral evaluation of conduct, character traits, and institutions. It examines what obligations people have, what behavior is right and wrong, and ...
5 days ago · Philosophy. Return to: USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. The School of Philosophy offers courses in most areas of philosophy, including philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, philosophy of science, political philosophy, philosophy of law, ethics, aesthetics, and the history of philosophy.
1 day ago · Kierkegaardian anxiety can then be conceived as a pull into selfhood away from what he terms “the race”. With this groundwork laid, I will return to Nietzsche’s philosophy to provide an answer for the self’s purpose: one that is paradoxically supplemented by De Rougemont’s analysis of love.
