• Question: Hi i am in yr7 and i would like to know what philosophy is because i havent got a clue. :) i should probably know what it is but i dont lol.

    Asked by mattyman to Joseph on 20 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by thunderrocks, jorjia.
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      Joseph Finlayson answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Philosophy is greek for ‘the love of wisdom.’ But I really think it should be the ‘love of thinking’. In philosophy we try to answer really complicated questions from a variety of fields. For example:

      Can time exist without things changing? or Can things change without time passing?
      What’s the best form of morality?

      When there’s a question which can’t be answered by looking in History books, or by studying it in a lab – it’s a philosophical question. All the sciences used to be branches of philosophy until they became rigourous enough to set up labs. Some branches – like evolutionary psychology are probably still parts of philosophy.

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