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What Philosophy is, is itself a philosophical question on its own right. There are basically two thrusts in philosophical work. One takes the role of philosophy to be purely the study of the a priori (before experience) and philosophers who work in this vein (Wittgenstein, Russell, Ayer, Hume, Kant, etc) are involved in the anlysis of various concepts and of our language. The other role philosophy has taken to have is to decipher 'the meaning of life' and philosophers who work in this vein have taken themselves to understand our experience, prescribe ethical behavior,etc. Philosophers, especially those in that first tradition, feel that philosophy studies the kind of knowledge that is not given to us in experience. Philosophy studies such concepts as existence, goodness, knowledge,particulars, universals, content, and beauty. It asks questions such as "What is goodness, in general?", "Is knowledge even possible?", "What is the nature of perception", "What is the relationship between beliefs and language?", "What are the foundations of mathematics?", etc. Some famous philosophers include Plato, Hume?, Wittgenstein?,Aristotle, Rene Descartes, John Locke, and Immanuel Kant. |
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The definition of philosophy is a philosophical question in its own right. There are two rudimentary schools in philosophical work. One takes the role of philosophy to be purely the study of the a priori (literally, "before experience") and philosophers who work in this vein are involved in the analysis of various concepts and of our language. The other role philosophy has taken to have is to decipher 'the meaning of life' and philosophers who work in this vein have taken themselves to understand our experience, prescribe ethical behavior,etc. Philosophers, especially those in that first tradition, feel that philosophy studies the kind of knowledge that is not given to us in experience. Philosophy studies such concepts as existence, goodness, knowledge,particulars, universals, content, and beauty. It asks questions such as "What is goodness?", "Is knowledge even possible?", "What is the nature of perception", "What is the relationship between beliefs and language?", "What is mathematics?", etc. |
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"Philo-" comes from the Greek word philein, meaning to love, and "-sophy" comes from the Greek sophia, or wisdom. Originally the scope of philosophy was all intellectual endeavor. It has long since come to mean the study of an especially abstract, nonexperimental intellectual endeavor. In fact, philosophy is itself a notoriously difficult word to define; the question "What is philosophy?" is itself, famously, a vexing philosophical question. It is often observed that philosophers are unique in the extent to which they disagree about what their field even is. |
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"Philo-" comes from the Greek word philein, meaning to love, and "-sophy" comes from the Greek sophia, or wisdom. Originally the scope of philosophy was all intellectual endeavor. It has long since come to mean the study of an especially abstract, nonexperimental intellectual endeavor. In fact, philosophy is itself a notoriously difficult word to define; the question "What is philosophy?" is itself, famously, a vexing philosophical question. It is often observed that philosophers are unique in the extent to which they disagree about what their field "is". |
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Philosophy has a long history. Generally, philosophers divide the history of Western philosophy into ancient philosophy, [medieval philosophy]?, [modern philosophy]?, and [contemporary philosophy]?. Ancient philosophy was dominated by the trio of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. In [medieval philosophy]?, topics in metaphysics and philosophy of religion held sway, and the most important names included Augustine, Peter Abelard and Aquinas. [Modern philosophy]?, generally means philosophy from 1600 until about 1900, and which includes many distinguished [early modern philosophers]?, such as René Descartes, John Locke, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. [Nineteenth-century philosophy]? is often treated as its own period, as it was dominated by post-Kantian German and idealist philosophers like Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Karl Marx, and [F. H. Bradley]?; two other important thinkers were John Stuart Mill and Friedrich Nietzsche. |
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Philosophers divide the long history of Western philosophy into ancient philosophy, [medieval philosophy]?, [modern philosophy]?, and [contemporary philosophy]?. Ancient philosophy was dominated by the trio of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. In [medieval philosophy]?, topics in metaphysics and philosophy of religion held sway, and the most important names included [Duns Scotus]?, Peter Abelard and Aquinas. [Modern philosophy]? generally means philosophy from 1600 until about 1900, and which includes many distinguished [early modern philosophers]?, such as René Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and [G.W.F Hegel]?. [Ninteenth-century philosophy]? is often treated as its own period, as it was dominated by post-Kantian German and idealist philosophers like Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Karl Marx, and [F. H. Bradley]?; two other important thinkers were John Stuart Mill and Friedrich Nietzsche. |
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John Dewey was an American philosopher and founder of the school of philosophy known as pragmatism. He had an enormous influence on American education - indeed, he is sometimes referred to as the ?father of American education?. |
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John Dewey was an American philosopher and founder of the school of philosophy known as pragmatism. He had an enormous influence on American education - indeed, he is sometimes referred to as the ?father of American education?--but that is mostly by people who agree with his ideas. |
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