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Feb 8, 2007, 05:32 PM
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Philosophy
Is philosophy a concept or a study?
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I regard all beings mostly by their consciousness and little else
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Feb 8, 2007, 05:39 PM
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I know it as a discipline, or a system of concepts or even in a casual sense a study.
Here is the definition from Merriam/Websters, if that helps
Main Entry: phi·los·o·phy
Pronunciation: \fə-ˈlä-s(ə-)fē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -phies
Etymology: Middle English philosophie, from Anglo-French, from Latin philosophia, from Greek, from philosophos philosopher
Date: 14th century
1 a (1): all learning exclusive of technical precepts and practical arts (2): the sciences and liberal arts exclusive of medicine, law, and theology <a doctor of philosophy> (3): the 4-year college course of a major seminary b (1)archaic : physical science (2): ethics c: a discipline comprising as its core logic, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology
2 a: pursuit of wisdom b: a search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means c: an analysis of the grounds of and concepts expressing fundamental beliefs
3 a: a system of philosophical concepts b: a theory underlying or regarding a sphere of activity or thought <the philosophy of war>
4 a: the most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group b: calmness of temper and judgment befitting a philosopher
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Feb 8, 2007, 05:40 PM
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Oh, that's interesting!
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Feb 19, 2007, 07:53 PM
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Why are some studies academic and some applied? Like sociology. When I looked at a wikipedia articles on it, I came across something like this: Sociology is an academic and applied discipline that studies society and human social interaction.
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I regard all beings mostly by their consciousness and little else
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Feb 19, 2007, 08:17 PM
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It may be that there are two basic versions or branches of it, one that is further researched, studied, and likely taught (got to pay those bills somehow) in the academic world and another that is more like a field application where what is already known is used in some tangible way or raw data is collected to feed to all those hungry academia types. I mean, shoot, I am only guessing off the top of my not very university-educated head here so bear with me if that seemed too plain. Rather like the difference between a clinical psychologist and a research psychologist -- one has clients and insurance companies LOL and the other has data, studies and published works? Hmm maybe that is a bad analogy, too.
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Feb 19, 2007, 08:21 PM
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That makes sense. Well, sort of. I thought it was because you could have applied sociology or academic sociology.
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Feb 28, 2007, 04:33 PM
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LOL, did I just summarize your paragraph with one sentence?
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I regard all beings mostly by their consciousness and little else
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Feb 28, 2007, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by hamworld05
LOL, did I just summarize your paragraph with one sentence?
Sure looks like it! :D
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Feb 28, 2007, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by valinors_sorrow
Sure looks like it! :D
LOL. Maybe I should be a writer...
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Mar 27, 2007, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by hamworld05
Is philosophy a concept or a study?
It is a search for knowledge, a search for the truths and an understanding of what those truths are and how they came to be.
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Mar 27, 2007, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by keenu
It is a search for knowledge, a search for the truths and an understanding of what those truths are and how they came to be.
I see. I can't argue with that!
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