Introduction
Philosophy is part and parcel of our lives. The term philosophy is derived from a Greek phrase which literally means, “The love of wisdom” (Soccio, 2009). Philosophy can today be used to refer to person’s beliefs, values and general way of life. In this case, we will be talking of someone having a philosophy and not someone being a philosopher. The first philosophers were considered to be wise for their boldness in asking some questions like what life’s meaning was, or where our origin was. One such philosopher is Aristotle whose arguments have come to be known as the Aristotle logic (Robin, 2007). Aristotle is reputed to be the first man to study the logic concept although there have been other numerous contributions to the concept over the years.
Logic and Philosophy
Philosophy generally deals with the interpretation, meaning, evaluation as well as logical consistency. There are at least two hundred areas of study in philosophy (Soccio, 2009). Because there are so many branches of study, there is usually conflict of interest and some philosophers even suggest that some of those arrears should not be considered as philosophical disciplines. For example, a philosopher that is a logician may have a hard time embracing metaphysics. The main reason would be that metaphysics is at best confused and abstract.
Only until very recently, the philosophy from the west has been characterized by logical reasoning which involves written arguments. This in a way blocked out any other expressions of philosophical wisdom. After the eighteenth century, philosophers were no longer considered to be a certain clique of highly literate men who were able to fend for themselves or who were associated to the church. Today, learning institutions have made it possible for other people to study philosophy including women who were not considered worthy of the tile of philosophers (Soccio, 2009).
The author defines philosophy as the “love for wisdom.” Ideally, it means that philosophy is not a career. On the contrary, a philosopher is someone is in pursuit of knowledge and wisdom because he wants to know and not because he has to know. Philosophy is therefore not merely a means to the end. In fact, Liddell & Scott describe it as a passion for wisdom. This would imply that philosophy is not to be looked at as a career but as a hobby. It is however interesting to note that while today’s philosophers have more wisdom than the olden day philosophers. They are not necessarily wiser than they (Kimura, 2006).
One other important issue that the author deals with is the fact that the tides have changed as far as archetypes are concerned. Philosophy was considered to be a privileged position that only a few people from the elite class held. This is hoverer changing with time. Philosophy is now available as a field of study at universities and it is an open course for any one with the minimum admission requirements.
Conclusion
Aristotle’s concept of Logic has been a major building block for logic over the years. He developed the concept of Logic as formal epistemology. This was known as oragan. He by so doing became the first thinker to develop a systematic approach to proof. He paved the way into further research by becoming he first philosopher to come up with formal deductions and independence proofs (Creed et al., 2003). The logic concept is widely used in mathematics and desings of computer algorithms.
References
Creed, L. et al. (2003). The Philosophy of Aristotle. New York: Penguin.
Kimura, G. (2006). Philosophy as Wisdom of Love: Vision in Action Leadership Institute. Web.
Robin, S. (2007). Aristotle’s Logic. Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy.
Soccio, J. (2009). Archetypes of Wisdom: an introduction to Philosophy. London: Cengage Learning.