MEANING OF PHILOSOPHY

MEANING OF PHILOSOPHY

Etymologically, Philosophy has been traced to two Greek Words, ‘Philo' and ‘Sophia' which means ‘Love' and ‘wisdom' respectively. From this, Philosophy can be defined as love for wisdom.

Philosophy has also been defined as a no-man's land between science and theology. It is like science because it engages in critical understanding of the world and like theology because it inquires into the world beyond sense-experience

BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY

However, given these conceptions, Philosophy has four major branches which are: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics and Logic.

EPISTEMOLOGY

Historically, the term epistemology is from the Greek words "episteme" meaning knowledge and "logos" meaning theory or science. From this, epistemology can be viewed as the theory or science of knowledge. Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that concerns itself with such questions relating to the sources, scope or extent, and justification of knowledge.

META PHYSICS

Metaphysics comes from the Greek words "Meta" (After or Beyond) and "Physika" (Physics). In the literal sense, metaphysics can be translated as "beyond the physical"