What is the Purpose of Philosophy? Take one of the following…
What is the Purpose of Philosophy? Take one of the following statements regarding Philosophy, and in 200 words, explain your thoughts, opinion, rebuke of said statement. Do NOT go over the required word count. As the pursuit of wisdom, philosophy raises questions about almost everything except what it means to question in the first place. Because philosophy requires that we question our beliefs, it cannot provide reasons why one set of beliefs should be preferred over another. To say that philosophy encourages the adoption of a questioning attitude means that philosophic thinking encourages people to deny the existence of God or traditional moral beliefs. Like the social sciences (e.g., psychology or sociology), philosophy discovers truths by identifying what people in fact believe instead of judging whether those beliefs are justified. Philosophy attempts to answer questions such as “Why do we exist?” by examining what it means to ask such questions and to evaluate whether proposed answers to such questions are justified.