Thinking about Philosophy

Thinking about Philosophy
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The word philosophy is commonly used in everyday conversations. It crops up every so often until the meaning has been simplified. While the use of the word philosophy in ordinary conversation may be debatable in a grammar forum, what is certain is that the meaning intended does not have the same meaning as the Plato and Socrates kind of philosophy (Munitz, 2010). When people talk about their philosophy in life, they are simply talking about their guiding principle in life. It is a sort of mantra or the basis upon which their beliefs and actions are founded. However, philosophy as defined by the philosophers of ancient times like Plato and Socrates, it is the explanation of reality using logic. It is the study of reality while having the foundation on certain aspects that are logical and which can be proven. Philosophy involves use of evidence based argued with premised and conclusions that hold water to offer an explanation on the existence of certain realities.
Philosophy is embedded in a number of disciplines which when combined gives rise to the logic of what philosophy is about. The first discipline of philosophy is logic. Logic is the reasoning that is considered to make sense. Whenever one seeks to make an explanation on the existence of certain of set of circumstances, there must some logical backing or reasoning which gives a solid explanation. Philosophy does not rely on assumptions or guesswork to explain the reality. Instead, tangible evidence in form of facts or observable reality is what philosophy is based on.
Value is another discipline that makes up philosophy. This discipline focuses on how valuable things are. It is in this discipline that aspects of morality, right or wrong are looked into. It is also in this discipline that the issue of ethics arises. Any aspect that is seen to be approved then is considered to be of value and the vice-versa is true. It is against this backdrop that proper and acceptable conduct among human is constructed. It is as result of this discipline that one can easily be judged as having done the right or the wrong thing.
There is also the discipline of epistemology which deals with knowledge and how it is acquired. The ability to know and perceive things in a certain way must certainly come from a particular point (Mannion,...