Hmm, Interesting

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, law, justice, validity, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions (such as mysticism or mythology) by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned argument. The word is of Greek origin: φιλοσοφία, philos and sophos, "love of wisdom".

in other words philosophy its just the study and observation based on ones eye based on their own research regarding life itself or the universe

I accepted this...is this ur own defination???

True, but that doesn't mean you can't fix a time. You can say, for instance, "the sky was blue yesterday" right? Chinese doesn't have tenses, but it doesn't mean that you can't fix a time.

This post has been edited by wodenus: Aug 5 2009, 09:32 PM

Most people can't answer this question. It's too abstract. It's also controversial. Philosophers themselves can't agree on any answer. Sure, the name "philosophy" derives from the Greek for "love of wisdom", but what's that? There has been a long and glorious history of people called philosophers, but they talk about all kinds of topics in all kinds of ways. It is not clear what, if anything, they have in common that makes them all philosophers.

philosophy studies the fundamental nature of existence, of man, and of man's relationship to existence. … In the realm of cognition, the special sciences are the trees, but philosophy is the soil which makes the forest possible.
—Ayn Rand, Philosophy, Who Needs It

One thing is for sure, we live in a world of uncertainty....which by means not knowing everything...and usually cause confusion for ppl just intend to know than understand...But for explorer or pioneer of knowledge, this situation trigger and maintain their curiosity about this exisstence...I guess this is what malaysian lack off....therefore we tend cling on the road of others had laid, and we lost our way...Way of nature...the fundamental ways how human become dominate i believed

Attempting to define Philosophy may sound like getting someone's name and address in order to stay in touch with them. Do you know that we are meaning-making beings and we tend to fill in the gaps in our knowledge of what, precisely, others mean?

However, most people don't attempt to establish the definition for Philosophy because it can be an extremely technical and complexly daunting task, one whose terminology and approach are often disheartening to the amateur and challenging even for the veteran.

In general, most people would have identified Philosophy as the Art of Wondering; the activity of seeking wisdom through P.Q.R.S.: Pondering, Questioning, Reasoning & Speculating. Specifically, philosophers would focus in breaking ideas, beliefs, and values down into their fundamental parts and then attempt to rebuild the interconnecting parts between all the disparate realms of human thought systematically in the hope of, discovering new fascinating insights.

Therefore, it is important to understand that, philosophy is, by and large, a matter of philosophers’ opinions and they rarely agree, but they do respect each other’s expert opinions.