Philosophy

Though the philosophical process is different from the process of common sense, it cannot be said that the two are entirely different. As Aldous Huxley has said, “ Men live in accordance with their philosophy of life, their conception of the world.” Common sense involves the intelligence required in under-standing our day-to-day life. Life is […]

It is said that one day Gautam Buddha went out in the city and saw a dead body, a patient and an old man. He was much perturbed to see their miserable condition. His thinking was disturbed and he felt that the world is momentary and full of mystery. His faith in the life was

The branches of philosophy are as follows:EpistemologyPhilosophy is the search for knowledge. This search is critical. Hence, the first problem which arises before a philosopher is about the nature of knowledge and its limitations. Therefore, epistemology is the most fundamental branch of philosophy. It discusses philosophically truth, falsehood, validity of knowledge, limits of knowledge and

The above discussion of philosophical problems also clarifies its scope Thus, the scope of philosophy can be divided into the following two parts :Field of philosophical sciencesThe scope of philosophy includes different philosophical sciences such as metaphysics, epistemology, logic, philosophy of religion, political philosophy. etc. All these sciences are important parts of the field of

Different types of questions give rise to the problems of different sciences. For example, if it is asked whether two and two make four, it is a problem for mathematics. If it is asked that in which year Akbar the Great ruled India, it is a problem for the historian. If it is asked as

Whenever it is asked regarding a science as to what is its nature, it is said that it is scientific. Thus, the nature of psychology, sociology, economics, political science and other social sciences is scientific. Similarly if it is asked that what is the nature of philosophy as natural answer will be that it is

To define a concept is to fix its bounds or limits, to detrmine with precision, to describe accurately or to fix the meaning of it. Thus definition is an explanation of the exact meaning of the concept. The most universal concepts of human thought, in its urge for more and more clarification, always stands in