appraise the role of philosophy as a multi-dimensional approach to issues of life?
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I thought this website assessed it best\n\nhttp://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/54/2/134
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To be the one who finishes with the most money and retire in Millionare estates baby. Heck yes!\n\nAlso to Live long and Prosper. \n\nI would have to say personal philosophy would be to live life as it should be lived by whatever morals you hold true. I like to think I'm living mine full of truth and experience of new things.
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Positivism died in the 1940s and was burried by the 1960s.  You should know this, since positivism is part of Enlightenment thinking. (See Thomas Kuhn, Structure of Scientific Revolutions; also "underdetermination of theory" or Quine-Duhem Thesis).  \n\nReligion will play the role it has always played since the beginning of mankind.  It will also have to pick up the slack of predicating metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics in a world left empty after logical positivism's demise.  As usual.  It always did.
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http://www.practical-philosophy.org.uk/Volume4Articles/PlatoTheoryOfLove.htm\ncheck out that link.  And remember, don't plagarize.  Good luck on your paper!
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Philosophy? Philanthropy? ???????????????
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Ethics (from the Ancient Greek "ethikos", meaning "arising from habit"), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of value or quality. It covers the analysis and employment of concepts such as right, wrong, good, evil, and responsibility. It is divided into three primary areas: meta-ethics (the study of what ethicality is), normative ethics (the study of what ethical truths there are and how they are known), and applied ethics (the study of the use of ethical knowledge).\n\nEthics is a general term for what is often described as the "science (study) of morality". In philosophy, ethical behavior is that which is "good" or "right." The Western tradition of ethics is sometimes called moral philosophy. This is one part of value theory (axiology) – the other part is aesthetics – one of the four major branches of philosophy, alongside metaphysics, epistemology, and logic. It is a study of right  and wrong, good and bad, moral judgment, etc.. It is a set of moral principles or values.
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I'd start with Will Durant's book "The Story of Philosophy", it is fantastic.  He goes through history describing all the major philosophers\n\nAristotle, Plato, for the classic philosophers, are a good start
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Life could be a theory too...how do you prove that you exist? Try reading Descartes' Meditation...
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1. the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.\n2. any of the three branches, namely natural philosophy, moral philosophy, and metaphysical philosophy, that are accepted as composing this study.\n3. a system of philosophical doctrine: the philosophy of Spinoza.\n4. the critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a particular branch of knowledge, esp. with a view to improving or reconstituting them: the philosophy of science.\n5. a system of principles for guidance in practical affairs.\n6. a philosophical attitude, as one of composure and calm in the presence of troubles or annoyances.
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1) importance of studying morals and ethics- helps you understand human behavior. Each culture has their own set of morals and ethics. In ancient times (think Old Testament), it was within a man's right to do as he pleased with members of his household... Today, not so much.\n\n2) Don't know much about postmodernism, so I'm not much help there...\n\nGood luck on your paper!!
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c. philosophy or self-expression
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Try this website\nhttp://www.summum.us/philosophy/phi.shtml
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only if you're willing to take it seriously. A lot of people go into philosophy and only get a brief overview before casting a whole lot of judgement on it. They are appalled that philosophic thinking embraces questioning axioms. If you don't want to change the way you frame information, then don't study philosophy. If you want to learn how to analyze and understand things and frame and re-frame, study philosophy
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Interesting question with interesting circumstances.\n\nMy philosophy is that if you stop being curious and stop trying to learn and experinece new things, you stop growing. If you stop growing, you grow up. If you grow up, you get old. If you get old, you die.\n\nMy Grandfather had a similar philosophy and he lived well past the average lifespan for a male born in his decade. He was always active and always appeared "youthful". \n\nBut if you are asking if you need to pursue another degree, that all comes down to your goals. If it will help you get what you want, sure, go ahead.\n\nIf not, then why not look into other interests?
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There is a philosophy section if you wish to find a non-religious answer.  Philosophy is not religious.  You can go to a library or bookstore and find philosophy books.  They are usually found in non-fiction #100 to #199.  They include Aristotle and Plato and many others.  I do recommmend a book on philosophy for beginners:  "The COmplete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy".  I have it on my bookshelf and it is like "Cliff's Notes" of philosophy.  Check it out if you want.\n\nIf I may share something?  There is no "exact answer" or "perfect answer".  We can only find the answers that will fit us, that will "do it" for us individually and privately.  I understood this years ago after Wicca did not help me spiritually anymore.  What works for one will not work for another. :-)
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This link should help.\nhttp://arthursclassicnovels.com/arthurs/philosophy.html
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What do you mean ? That's what they chose to call that phenomenon. Why bring philosophical questions into it ?