More of What is Philosophy

Question 1

Revised definition of what Philosophy is

Answer 1

The search of the ultimate cause of beings guided by human intellect alone.

Question 2

What are the key points in defining what is philosophy

Answer 2

Search, Being, Ultimate Cause, Human Intellect

Question 3

Discuss about the ‘search’

Answer 3

We go back to Socrates

Plato’s Apology

Question 4

Discuss about the ‘being’

Answer 4

Expressed in the verb to be “is”
Any form of presencing
Any form of existent
To be is to exist; to exist is to arise from nothingness

Question 5

Discuss about the ‘Ultimate Cause’

Answer 5

Cause is the reason for being; A cause is relative to the idea of effect
Ultimate means: Highest, Deepest, Final

Question 6

Discuss about the ‘Human Intellect’

Answer 6

+ The rational capacity of man

+ By the use of rational power, man thinks reasonably

Question 7

Sum up what Philosophy means

Answer 7

+ It is an orientation, an inquiry, a questioning
+ It inquires on anything- any being
+ It asks ultimate/highest cause or reason of something, for a being arising from nothing
+ It uses rational approach and connect to reasoning to arrive at the meaning