Answer to Question #239988 in Philosophy for Zach

Question

1. There are 2 major approaches in doing Philosophy: Speculative philosophy and Analytical Philosophy. in your own perspective, how will you differentiate these two approaches using one scenario that happened in your life? Explain why the scenario become speculative and why it become analytical





2. In your words, define and discuss the concept of " Philosophy"?




3.How does Freedom affect these (3) concept that humans experience? Morality, Religion, and Democracy. Explain your answers and give an example/ scenario that can prove your explanation.

Answer 1

1. Analytic philosophy and Speculative philosophy tends to differ in certain things. The following are some of the differences that I would use to differentiate between analytic philosophy and speculative philosophy. One, given that Analytic philosophy emphasizes on logic, language and aligns itself with the empirical sciences and that it inquiries into the meaning of the concept we use and try to avoid to use vague terms that do not fit into their logical, linguistic and empirical methods, this information would help me distinguish it from speculative philosophy in which philosophers tends to use terms that do not fit with our simple experience of the world in other words, they use abstract words. For example, one of my siblings asked me whether there is life after death; the question seemed to be technical because it required me to think beyond experience for me to reach on the truth of the matter. It is from that question when I understood that this was speculative philosophy and not analytical philosophy.

2. Philosophy can be defined as a coherent survey into the forms, contents and implications of experience. It is an attempt at a complete knowledge of being in all the phases of its appearance in the various processes of consciousness. Philosophy studies general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language.

3. Freedom affects the concept of molarity in human experience in that when people are freed they tend to what they wish even if it is not accepted by the law and this therefore reduces the morals of human experience. Although freedom and social morality Freedom is a basic human right and every human being is born free to live a life of his own choice there are serious obligatory considerations that should be taken care of while exercising this freedom in a society because we can’t destroy the social order and harmony.

Freedom also affects the concept of religion in that it reduces social crimes such as corruption. Freedom of religion also brings more peace to people and more diversity and growth among different types of people. Lastly, freedom affects the concept of democracy by the fact that in contemporary democracies, the individual freedoms have special value and importance. From now on, these individual freedoms may be subject neither to the state nor to personal intervention.