What is Philosophy? Philosophy is the systematic and critical study of fundamental questions that arise both in everyday life and through the practice of other disciplines. Some of these questions concern the nature of reality: Is there an external world? What is the relationship between the physical and the mental?
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What kind of questions does philosophy ask?
What is Philosophy? Philosophy is the systematic and critical study of fundamental questions that arise both in everyday life and through the practice of other disciplines. Some of these questions concern the nature of reality: Is there an external world? What is the relationship between the physical and the mental?
How do you answer philosophy?
It is important that you understand it… Explain or illustrate – Say what a concept is and use evidence and examples. Evaluate/Discuss – These are the essay style questions where you must give two sides of an argument. To what extent do you agree – another way of trying to get you to look at both sides of the argument!
What are some impossible questions?
17 questions that are impossible to answer
- If God exists and he (or she) revealed themselves, would people who believe in God actually accept God as God?
- If the Universe was born at the Big Bang, what existed before then?
- Why do cats purr?
- What is the purpose of death?
- Why do women go through menopause but men do not?
- What is at the bottom of the ocean?
How do you answer a philosophical question?
To answer and question philosophically, provide the reasoning you employed to reach your conclusion. You may also provide at set of alternatives and their support, and explain why your choice. In my opinion, it’s wise to remember the Socratic paradox: I know one thing: that I know nothing”.
How do you approach a philosophical question?
It’s a good question. But you are over-thinking it, and hoping or assuming there is an “answer.” One way to approach philosophy is to ask and attempt to answer normal, daily questions. But to do so making every effort to avoid personal opinion and to frame every answer so that it does not begin, “Well, I think…”
What is a philosophical question?
The result is a definition of philosophical questions as questions whose answers are in principle open to informed, rational, and honest disagreement, ultimate but not absolute, closed under further ques- tioning, possibly constrained by empirical and logico-mathematical resources, but requiring noetic resources to be …
What’s a question that Cannot be answered?
What are Rhetorical Questions? A rhetorical question is a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered. These questions are intended to “provoke thought” rather than to provide answers. It’s the “thought” part that we love!
Can you use first person in a philosophy essay?
Philosophers often use the first person, especially when announcing their argument. The structure of the paper is often methodical as well, so numbering new claims and correctly using words that distinguish premises (e.g. because, for, given that, etc. )