It
is a notable fact from comprehensive on
the nature of philosophy that the subject
is comprehensive, that is all
inclusive. All disciples, field of knowledge, were included in subject of
philosophy. Moreover, the subject is interested in the whole of reality it does
not like the other discipline isolate an aspect of reality to study, rather it
studies reality in its totality. In effect, philosophy is interested in he
knowledge and the significant of the knowledge or phenomena that is not limited
by the boundaries of some specialized field of human activity.
The philosophic
worldview is thus a theoretical synthesis of the most general views of nature,
society, man and cognition (Oysterman 1973:179). This means that philosophy is
an integral system of intellectual
attitude in which the desire for absolute knowledge is organized
methodically.PHILOSOPHY IS CRITICAL
There is indeed no one idea or thing that is taken as
given and therefore unquestioned in philosophy. Every idea, opinion, view etc
is subject to doubt, question and critical analysis. In philosophy, no answer
is definitive, and turns out to be the basis for further changes directed at
philosophy augmentative at philosophy are indeed character result of its
critical philosophy does not discriminate in the choice of subject matter, it
is concerned with reality in its totality, it is concerned such, there are
changes an avalanche of questions it never arrives at a once and for all accepted
answer. No answer can put an end to the philosophical inquiry since every
answer out to be new question.
Philosophy is open, not dogmatic, it engenders and
nourishes itself through question and argumentation. Nothing is indeed
sacrosanct, in fact, according to “Bertraind’ there no knowledge that is no
certain that we cannot question or doubt. (Rene Descautes) a French
philosophy and scientist exemplified this when he doubted his own
existence, philosophy is a study effect through questioning , reflection,
analysis and argumentation, the
subject review, re-examine every issue of life. Philosophical wisdom, john
pass more, says is grounded in cross examination.
ANALYTIC
Analytics is a
systematic procedures for
providing results. To
analyze a thing is to break it down to its
constituent parts in order
to determine their relationship and value
IMPORTANT OF PHILOSOPHY TO PRACTICAL
LIFE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Philosophy
as concern with human existence undoubtedly deals with the
deepest problem and issues of a
man and his existence. Philosophical
problem Koroner, said, are those problem that arise in the cause of trying to
master difficulties in cognition
However,
this legendary problem associated with
the definition of philosophy
ordinarily, is an all embracing
discipline, it covers both the humanities and the science at the out set, the whole field of knowledge
(learning) everything behold
reading writing and arithmetic was included
in the subject of
philosophy.
Philosophy is the mother of all subject . indeed,
philosophy , was the only subject available to give answers to the
fundamental questions arising from the universe and its contents.
The point is
that, philosophy is parental discipline
from which with the development of
humanity in process of learning and knowledge acquisition, kind of “erupted’ such that various branches of knowledge disengaged from it to form organized and systematic separate field of
specialized knowledge.
This rather centrifugal
movement of various braches of knowledge
from philosophy is only
indicative of mans acquisition of more extended
and better assured knowledge of classification of phenomena
In fact, that various specialized
disciplines are only regional ontologism by their orientation and character;
they deal only with fragment of knowledge hence, can only give in sufficient
and penultimate of account of knowledge. For them to see knowledge in its
whole, they have to go back to (their parent) philosophy the only discipline
that aims at understanding the quintessential and the universal in everything
that exists.
The ultimate reality that philosophers seek to know is
in contrast to the every day things of this world truly, self contained and
could accordingly, be looked upon as self caused. To arrive at does full
justice in explaining that is. The point is that we cannot explain things
satisfactorily if we remain within the world of common sense or even if one
advances from that world to embrace the world of science.
In conclusion, important of philosophy to practical
life and human development is that philosophy is as love of wisdom means a
continuous search for wisdom, the pursuit of wisdom not for gains but for its
own sake.
Wisdom is higher than
knowledge aptly shown by Aristotle(1966:5T5-57) according to
him, that all men desire to know different degree of knowledge, Aristotle also
view, that highest wisdom does not aim at producing anything or securing some effect, but at apprehending
the first principles of reality.
Philosophy to practical life and
development concern with all legitimate thinking of how man lives in
this would rather than
with the ultimate nature of being
man is a centre of all thinking he is
active and creative, he might be other than he is, man makes his essence as
he goes along. He is indeed, the focus of all activities (accoding jean Paul Sartre )
Finally philosophy helps in development of humanity
in acquisition of wisdom
and knowledge through reasoning, matters affecting human fate and
conduct in the most basic way.