What is philosophy and who created it

The philosophy tradition includes the study of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.

These disciplines attempt to answer questions about the origin of the world, how knowledge is acquired, and concepts such as good and evil.

Basically, the basic method of philosophy is to use reason to make arguments about these problems.

However, there is still no definite answer to the actual category and definition of philosophy. "What is philosophy?" is full of differences and controversial in the philosophical tradition.

Philosophy is derived from the Greek word "Φιλοσοφ?0?7α" (philo-sophia), which means "lover of wisdom" or, less commonly, "friend of wisdom".

Philosophy is difficult to define because there are so many different ideas that are considered philosophy.

Pilkin's Dictionary of Philosophy defines philosophy as "the most basic and universal concepts concerning thought, behavior, and reality." Pilkin's Encyclopedia mentions that the difference between philosophy and science is that answers to philosophical questions cannot be obtained solely from empirical evidence.

In any case, these views are challenged by the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy: "The late twentieth century... tended to regard philosophical thinking as the best practice for any kind of intellectual inquiry."

Indeed, many early philosophers' observations in natural philosophy ended up forming an important foundation for modern science on a wide range of subjects.

Alternatively, a less formal use of philosophy may refer to a particular approach or belief.

History The natural philosophers of the ancient Greek period are considered to be the earliest philosophers in the West. Regardless of whether their way of understanding the world is correct or not, the reason why their ideas are different from superstition is that these philosophers use reason to assist evidence.

The method summarizes the principles of nature.

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle established the scope of philosophical discussion. They raised questions about metaphysics, epistemology and ethics that still exist today.

Some modern philosophers believe that philosophical theories to this day are still just footnotes to the three of them and are still inseparable from the questions they raised.

In other words, even thousands of years later, we are still trying to answer the questions they asked, which also means that we are still confused by these questions or more questions that extend from these questions.

The word "philosophy" originated very early in China and has a long history.

Words such as "Ten Philosophers of Confucius" and "Ancient Sages and Sages", "philosophers" or "philosophers" specifically refer to those who are good at thinking and have profound knowledge, that is, "philosophers" and "thinkers" in modern Western times.

It is generally believed that Chinese philosophy originated in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, represented by Confucius' Confucianism, Laozi's Taoism, Mozi's Mohism and late Legalism.

In fact, in the previous "Book of Changes", philosophical issues have already been discussed.

In the 1870s, the Western Zhou Dynasty, the earliest disseminator of Western philosophy in Japan, borrowed the ancient Chinese translation of "philosophy". Around 1896, Kang Youwei and others introduced the Japanese translation to China, and it gradually became popular.

In the West, the word philosophy is usually used to describe a person's certain views on life (such as someone's "philosophy of life") and basic principles (such as values, thoughts, behaviors).

In academic terms, philosophy is about questioning and reflecting on the rational basis of these basic principles, and trying to rationally reconstruct these basic principles.

The scope of the earliest philosophy encompassed all levels of knowledge.

It has always been the most abstract study of human knowledge.

The original introduction to the term philosophy comes from the Greek thinker Pythagoras.