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This 4 page paper defines the concept of philosophy and then goes on to look at various theories and philosophers. Descartes and Aristotle are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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a more or less systematic kind about the general nature of the world (metaphysics or the theory of existence), the justification of belief (epistemology or theory of knowledge), and
the conduct of life ( ethics or theory of value)" (Honderich, 1995, p.666). Yet, this is just one definition. Philosophy is something that provides ways of thinking about life. It
contains proof and rational, logical thought that prompts critical thinking skills is every area of existence. Not only that, but it prompts inquiry about the important questions that tend to
go unanswered. After all, if people did not think about life and everything it encompasses, life would be meaningless. Today, philosophy is something that is emphasized in academia. This is
probably true because the discipline of philosophy does prompt thinking about things in different ways. First philosophy means "what is done first in philosophy" (Ross, 1998). Descartes is credited with
providing the basis for first philosophy (Ross, 1998). The first question in philosophy to be answered is, basically, what is real (Ross, 1998). Descartes was the ultimate skeptic and so,
he even questioned his own existence. His contribution to the discipline important because it would go to existence and what is real, and what is not.
Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine the least doubt, in order to see if I should not
be left at the end believing something that was absolutely indubitable " (qtd. in Kimball, 1995, p.8). It seems that Descartes tried to explain extravagant natural phenomena like meteors and
lightning in such a manner that one would not have occasion to admire anything about what is witnessed; also, for Descartes, wonder had been an impediment to knowledge (Kimball, 1995).
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