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'''Philosophy''' (literally 'love of wisdom', from the Ancient Greek word φιλοσοφία (philosophía), which comes from φίλος (phílos) and σοφία (sophía), meaning friend/lover and wisdom respectively) is an academic discipline concerned with the most fundamental and general concepts and principles involved in thought, action, and reality. Its method is rational enquiry.
 
'''Philosophy''' (literally 'love of wisdom', from the Ancient Greek word φιλοσοφία (philosophía), which comes from φίλος (phílos) and σοφία (sophía), meaning friend/lover and wisdom respectively) is an academic discipline concerned with the most fundamental and general concepts and principles involved in thought, action, and reality. Its method is rational enquiry.
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Its main branches are [[metaphysics]], the theory of what things can ultimately be said to exist, and [[epistemology]], the question of the conditions for knowledge, and the justification for claims to knowledge; [[ethics]], the analysis of what sorts of moral values there are; and [[logic]], the basic principles of reasoning and deduction.  
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Its main branches are [[metaphysics]], the theory of what things can ultimately be said to exist; [[epistemology]], the question of the conditions for knowledge, and the justification for claims to knowledge; [[ethics]], the analysis of what sorts of moral values there are; and [[logic]], the basic principles of reasoning and deduction.  
    
Philosophy has its origins in Ancient Greece.
 
Philosophy has its origins in Ancient Greece.
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== Branches of Philosophy ==
 
== Branches of Philosophy ==
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Broadly speaking however, there are a number of topics one would expect to fall under the title '''Philosophy''':
 
Broadly speaking however, there are a number of topics one would expect to fall under the title '''Philosophy''':
  

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