Stewart 1

the love of wisdom

Wisdom, to the Greeks, meant knowledge of fundamental principles and laws, an awareness of that which was basic and unchanging, as opposed to those things that are transitory and changing.

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the attempt to provide for oneself an outlook on life based on the discovery of broad, fundamental principles.

also, the use of a rational, reflective method for attempting to get at the most basic underlying principles and to discover normative criteria.

rational reflection...philosophy does not discover new empirical facts but instead reflects on the facts we are already familiar with, or those given to us by the empirical sciences, to see what they lead to and how they all hang together.

it means philosophy tries to distinguish, in very broad ways, what is from what ought to be. To establish norms, philosophy often appeals to the nature or essence of things. it is a concern for establishing, in every major area of philosophy, standards or criteria for correct and incorrect ways of thinking and acting: standards for correct decisions about reality.

any area of human concern

it attempts to find the answers to the basic and important issues in life and directs itself to developing a total worldview.

it analyzes concepts.

a rational examination or critique of the most basic elements of our everyday experience and belief.

Consequences : 1)philosophy cannot teach us anything totally new but can clarify what we already take for granted

2) philosophy takes nothing for granted.