A message from Anonymous

What is philosophy?

This is a tough question because there is no definite answer. I believe the origin is from the greek ‘φιλω’/’philo’ (love), and ‘ςoφι’/’sophy’ (science), so it’s usually translated to mean ‘the love of knowledge’.

Words change their definitions, and as science is now generally seen as a seperate thing to philosophy, a narrower definition might be required, such as ‘the search for truth through contemplation’. I personally don’t consider science and philosophy seperate, and am happy to call philosophy ‘the search for knowledge’, but not everyone will agree with that.