Philosophy          (from Greek, philosophia; from philos, love; or philia, friendship, affection, affinity for, attracion toward, + sophos, a sage, a wise one; or sophia, wisdom, knowledge, skill, practical wisdom or experience, intelligence) a term with as many meanings as there are philosophers engaging in it. Some basic definitions: 1. the speculative attempt to present a systematic and complete view of all reality. 2. the attempt to discribe the ultimate and real nature of of reality. 3. the attempt to determine the limits and scope of our knowledge; its source, nature, validity, and value. 4. the critical inquiry into the presuppositions and claims made by the various fields of knowledge. 5. the discipline that tries to help you see  what you say and say what you see. Pythagoras was the first to call himself a philosophos, a philosopher. Sophia meant for him the knowledge of the underlying reasons or causes for things as they appear to us knowing the reasons or causes for things as they appear to us, knowing the reasons why a thing is what it is. This entails an esoteric knowledge of mathematical forms that constitutes reality as opposed to knowledge of everyday appearances.        definition taken from: the Harper Collins Dictionary of Philosophy     This section is still under construction but stay tuned for an extensive philosophical page! last updated on July 25,1998