What Role Does Philosophy Have in my Life?
In many circumstances individuals consider Philosophy to be a very abstract field, but what exactly is Philosophy? Philosophy studies the basic nature of existence, of man, and of man's relationship to existence. What we must question is, would one be better off with or with out Philosophy? I consider that one should live a life with Philosophy. Philosophy consists of questioning man’s relationship to existence; if man does not question existence, are we just living through the notions of life? As humans we feel the need to believe in something and search for understanding. The consideration of Philosophy opened a new realm of questions. The fields of Metaphysics and Epistemology were derived from Philosophy. If not for these branches of Philosophy, how would I have known to question what I already know? How would I have been able to describe what I perceive? How about being able to explain my surroundings? It all came for the fields of Philosophy. If not for Philosophy, we would have yet to appreciate the meaning of esthetics, the study of art. We encounter esthetics everywhere we go. In the buildings we see, the words we speak, the sounds we hear, in the music we create. Simply the emotions we express throughout the day can be considered part of esthetics. One must use Philosophy to help us give reason to life, and not view it as absurd and meaningless.
We all have some sense of what is right, and what is wrong. Whether we choose to do so is where the philosophical issue comes into place. In some aspects Philosophy opens your mind to new experiences, leading us to broaden the field. Philosophy gave us reason to have moral philosophy, or ethics. Ethics is what we use to judge good from evil. We don’t want to do evil, and we would like to do good if we can. Although it is sometimes hard to find the moral ethics of