Philosophy

Philosophy is a discipline or field of study involving the investigation, analysis, and development of ideas at a general, abstract, or fundamental level. It is the discipline in search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means. The term covers a very wide range of approaches, and is also used to refer to a worldview, to a perspective on an issue, or to the positions argued for by a particular philosopher or school of philosophy. The phrase "a philosophical attitude" is often used to refer to a stoical approach to life. This article concerns philosophy as a discipline.

See also

• Ancient philosophy
• African philosophy
• Eastern philosophy
• Buddhist philosophy
• Chinese philosophy
• Confucian philosophy
• Hindu philosophy
• Indian philosophy
• Indonesian philosophy
• Iranian philosophy
• Islamic philosophy
• Japanese philosophy
• Jain philosophy
• Taoist philosophy
• List of philosophers
• List of philosophical topics
• List of philosophies
• Meta-philosophy
• Philosophy in literature
• Western philosophy
• Analytic philosophy
• British philosophy
• Christian philosophy
• Continental philosophy
• Critical theory
• Czech philosophy
• Danish philosophy
• English philosophy
• French philosophy
• German philosophy
• Greek philosophy
• Hungarian philosophy
• History of western philosophy
• Integral theory
• Italian philosophy
• Jewish philosophy
• Medieval philosophy
• Polish philosophy
• Postmodern philosophy
• Roman philosophy
• Russian philosophy
• Scandinavian philosophy