Philosophy Definition and 319 Threads

Philosophy can be divided into two major directions of thought, centered on what is considered to be the fundamental issue in philosophy: the relation between Being and Thinking. In this short discussion I will try to briefly explain these two major directions in philosophy. Let us...

What is your philosophy of life?

I know there are plenty of people here who consider themselves to be skeptical, but is there a common outlook for all of us? I personally see it broken up into at least two camps. One is the type who says 'that's nonsense' to most everything not accepted by science, and leaves it at that. The...

A philosopher, a physicist and a mathematician ride a train. They see a black sheep on a field in a train window. -All speep are black - says a philosopher. -There are sheep, and some of them are black - says a physicist. -There is at least one sheep, and at least half of it is black - says a...

First, This is what Philosophy IS: The pursuit of Knowledge, Wisdom, and/or Understanding. This is commonly known, and shouldn't need to be brought up, but some people just aren't getting it. Every single Forum on the PFs (except for General Discussion, PhysicsForums Feedback and...

?? Continued from my past post My definition of existence is a narrow principle; not a grand principle. It is logical to me to say that if some form "exists" (existence in the an ultimate, absolute, philosophical sense; a common philosophyical question is whether oneself exists...

Do you think that the "ultimate reality of existence" will be related to or will have a social theme? By "reality" I mean in terms of the ultimate source of causation of the things we see today as reality. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I apologize...

I am writting an essay on "The Philosophy of the Mind, Body and Soul". There is no particular reason I am writting this, other than for pure enjoyment. Anyway, I am overwhelmed at the myriad amounts of books, essays etc. that have come up while I was researching. So where do I start?? What...

I want to discuss corrupt philosophy, and how it can actually influence the members of a specific state to effect actions of bias within that state which will destroy any philosophy which challenges the status-quo. Are the members of that state ignorant or guilty? What do you think?

MARXIST PHILOSOPHY Dialectical Materialism - from Hegel to Marx by TED TRIPP HEGEL (1770-1831) Hegel's philosophy, revolutionary in character, delivered the death-blow to metaphysics. That is to the reasoning of things and their mental images, ideas in isolation, to be considered...

Over the last several centuries scholastic philosophers have steadily whittled away at the metaphysical and logical underpinnings of their craft until today many are resigned to using extremely questionable historical arguments and ones that merely negate those of alternative philosophies rather...

First off, I don't know much about Gandhi's philosophy, so I'm open to corrections. However, there is something that occurs to me, in my limited knowledge of the philosophy of satyagraha. That is that, while most people often relate it to passive resistance, it could easily be used to justify...

V. PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE. TIME AND SPACE We now come to philosophy of nature. Here again Herr Dühring has every cause for dissatisfaction with his predecessors. Natural philosophy "sank so low that it became an arid, spurious doggerel founded on ignorance", and "fell to the prostituted...

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations. Marie McGinn Publisher: Routledge ISBN 0-415-11191-9 Introduction: Pleasantly impenetrable, endearingly unbalanced, the pin up of choice for all respectable first year philosophy students, and he...

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I am practically getting obssessed with this philosophy/martial art. It is very deep. If anyone here has ever seen the Japanese show, Dragon Ball Z (which I am obessed with as well), it dramatically depicts the idea of the chi (or ki, in Japanese) which is the energy. I could explain the...

Sorry Tom, but science has no choice than to look for material-causes for all things. And that's exactly what it tries to do in all areas of research. Science hasn't officially declared that 'God' is dead (or any other possible creative alternative), but by looking for a material-explanation...

I found some detailed lecture notes on this subject here: http://www.soc.iastate.edu/sapp/phil_sci_lecture00.html I am interested in discussing the role of philosophy in science with you all.

And if you do, why? Why is it not necessary?