20
[DUMB QUESTION] what exactly is philosophy? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 19 hours ago by to c/philosophy@lemmy.world
10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

lately this subject has interested me and want to read more about it however I don't quite understand what exactly is philosophy? a person told me that philosophy was science in old era in western civilization.

the way I understand it seem science is more gravitated toward experimentation whereas philosophy feels more theoretical. so what is philosophy? ( I don't want the book definition I want how you people understand it )

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 9 points 19 hours ago

Philosophy is the study of how the universe is. It's superficially like science, but the methods are wildly different. Science didn't supplant philosophy. Just as philosophy couldn't determine the atomic weight of oxygen, science cannot answer a question like: is morality about actions or their consequences?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •