Analytic philosophy is, by far, the standard type of philosophy taught in Philosophy Departments throughout North America, Britain, Scandinavia, and beyond. Analytic philosophers aim for perspicuity and results, and they typically make serious, substantive contributions to the foundational issues arising in other disciplines, like Economics, Physics, Biology, Computer Science, etc. (in fact, analytic philosophers have *founded* these disciplines, by in large). However, this group will discuss t …
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Philosophy can be one of the most sublime or the most trivial of human pursuits. What are some of the definitions of philosophy? One classic notion might be the pursuit of wisdom, or sophia, studying about fundamental concerns of life and world such as existence, truth and essence. The modern academic definition might be the study about how to think and know systematically and correctly, by the proper use of logic, reason, and language--rigorous scientific and analytic philosophy. We have even …
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