Thursday, January 18, 2024

Defining Philosophy

Some thoughts on the nature of philosophy from the American Philosophical Association:

https://www.apaonline.org/page/undergraduates

And here's R. P. Wolff's (a member of my dissertation committee) definition from his best-selling philosophy textbook, About Philosophy:

Literally, love of wisdom, philosophy is the systematic, critical examination of the way in which we judge, evaluate, and act, with the aim of making ourselves wiser, more self-reflective, and therefore better people.

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