What Is Philosophy? PDF

WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? DEFINITION AND NATURE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT BRANCHES BENIFITS DEFINITION AND NATURE DEFINITION AND NATURE PHILA SOPHIA LOVE of WISDOM DEFINITION AND NATURE INTEREST ATTRACTION LOVE DEDI...

WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? DEFINITION AND NATURE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT BRANCHES BENIFITS DEFINITION AND NATURE DEFINITION AND NATURE PHILA SOPHIA LOVE of WISDOM DEFINITION AND NATURE INTEREST ATTRACTION LOVE DEDICATION COMMITMENT DEFINITION AND NATURE WISDOM HISTORY ? KNOWLEDGE WONDER CURIOSITY EXPERIENCE BRANCHES WHAT EPISTEMOLOGY ? WHY HOW META PHYSICS ETHICS BRANCHES What is the universe? Why is there a universe? How to deal with this universe? THALES HISTORY What is life? Why am I here? How should I live my life to the SOCRATES fullest? BENIFITS Why study PHILOSOPHY? Intellectual curiosity: philosophy is 1 essentially a reflective-critical inquiry motivated by a sense of intellectual “wonder.” What is the world like? Why is it this way, rather than another? Who am I? Why am I here? BENIFITS Why study PHILOSOPHY? Interest in cultural and intellectual 2 history: as a discipline, philosophy pays a great deal of attention to its history, and to the broader cultural and intellectual context in which this history unfolds. BENIFITS Why study PHILOSOPHY? Sharpening thinking skills: the study of philosophy is especially well suited to the development of a 3 variety of intellectual skills involved in the analysis of concepts, the critique of ideas, the conduct of sound reasoning and argumentation; it is important to emphasize that philosophical inquiry also fosters intellectual creativity (developing new concepts, or new approaches to problems, identifying new problems, and so on). BENIFITS Why study PHILOSOPHY? Career guidance: the skills it develops and sharpens are transferable to a wide variety of professional 4 activities. Obvious examples include the application of reasoning and argumentation skills to the practice of law; less obvious examples include the application of analytical and critical skills to journalism, investment banking, writing, publishing, and so on; even less obvious examples include putting one’s philosophical education to work in business entrepeneurship, political and social