Yuditra Farmana

Philosophy and Theory Construction

Originally, the word philosophy comes from the ancient Greek words philos: (‘love’) and Sophia: (‘wisdom’) which all coined become a deep wisdom consisting of love of truth.

The goal of philosophy is to get closer to the truth. Logic, reasoning, and argumentation are the predominant methods used. But unlike many other disciplines, philosophy does not contain a large body of accepted truths or canonical knowledge. Indeed, philosophy is often known for its uncertainty because it focuses on questions for which we do not yet have ways of definitively answering. The influential 20th-century philosopher Bertrand Russell (1912) explains that “as soon as definite knowledge concerning any subject becomes possible, the subject ceases to be called philosophy, and becomes a separate science”.

Philosophy can be divided into 4 major divisions as they are epistemology (existence-reason-knowledge, ), ethics (value), logic (mind), and metaphysics (language).

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