PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The American Heritage Dictionary Of The English Language, Encarta, Wordnet

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

Or ph losoph a, meaning the love of wisdom") is. As used originally by the ancient greeks, the term philosophy meant the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, and comprised all areas of speculative thought, including the arts, sciences and religion. Philosophical questions (unlike those of the sciences) are usually foundational and abstract in nature. Philosophy is done primarily through reflection and does not tend to rely on experiment, although the methods used to study it may be analogous to those used in the study of the natural sciences. It also provides a good way of learning to think more clearly about a wide range of issues, and its methods of analyzing arguments can be useful in a variety of situations in other areas of life. Philosophy is such a huge subject that it is difficult to know how to break it down into manageable and logical sections.