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The word philosophy derives from the ancient Greek words philo-,
to love or to befriend, and, -sophia, to be wise. It can be construed
then either as the love of wisdom or the wisdom of love. The answer to the
question "what is philosophy?", has almost as many varieties as there
are philosophers. |
In the contemporary English-speaking world it is often used implicitly to
refer only to analytic
philosophy and, on the other hand, in non-English speaking countries, it
often refers implicitly only to continental
philosophy. This modern-day division
of analytic and continental philosophy (confined largely to academia) is
problematic for understanding the current use of the word, philosophy since both of these two areas talk of philosophy in general but are often only
referring to that school. The easiest clue to indicate which of these
philosophies is being referred to by the word philosophy is to note the
language used. But modern usage of the term is much broader than this rather
academic division.
Philosophy - Wikipedia, |
