Open-minded and tolerant — willing to look at all sides of an issue without prejudice
Philosophy is a process of reflecting on and criticizing our most deeply held conceptions and beliefs
Sage
Someone who has attained the wisdom which a philosopher seeks
Philosophy seeks to combine the conclusions of the various sciences and human experience into some kind of consistent world view
Classification of men and women in the world by Pythagoras
those that love pleasure
those that love activity
those that love wisdom
Philosophy is a rational attempt to look at the world as a whole
Philosophy is a set of views or beliefs about life and the universe, which are often held uncritically—informal sense of philosophy or “having” a philosophy
Philosophy
The word philosophy is derived from the Greek words philia (love) and sophia (wisdom) and means “the love of wisdom.”
The study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language
The rational attempt to formulate, understand, and answer fundamental questions
Branches of Philosophy
Logic
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Value theory
The focus in the study of Philosophy is to learn not what to believe, but how to think