The Importance Of Philosophy

Philosophy may not be valued by all people in society but this is because these people do not realize that they use philosophy almost every day in their lives. We all use philosophy in some shape or form throughout our day to day activity. Philosophy can be considered a system of thought or an investigation of the truth. People in society think every day, they may even argue every day and when this occurs they are unknowingly using philosophy. Critical thinking is major aspect of philosophy that people use in their day to day lives. Critical thinking is the process in which we decipher good reasoning from bad reasoning. This can be used when buying a car for example and which car would be the better choice for you. This is not the only use …show more content…
How you use these beliefs and portray them is up to you and some people decide to express them more than others. If you have a certain belief, perhaps that philosophy isn’t necessary to society, then that actually is using philosophy because you have a set belief. These beliefs can be any kind of belief and range anywhere from religious point of view to political point of view. Society occasionally uses their beliefs against someone or tries to push their beliefs on others and this is not what philosophy should be used for. Sharing of beliefs should be the main goal of people in society, to hear what other people believe in and to give them feedback on what you believe in. This could also help you in your belief system because it could reinforce your beliefs even more or it could give you a new outlook on a certain belief and maybe change your mind about it. This is the power of philosophy, it gives you the ability to express your own beliefs but while still listening to others and it may even persuade you to change your belief. The point of this is to challenge conflicting beliefs, not only to show others what you believe in but to also accept what they believe in and to challenge both of your minds. Philosophy also forces you to clarify what you believe in and make sure they stay consistent. There are constant debates in this world where consistency in beliefs should be considered. For example, the majority of …show more content…
The others that could have been included were global awareness, understanding, tolerance, education and countless other aspects of society. From my philosophical point of view I believed that critical thinking, expressing beliefs and arguments were the main uses of philosophy in society. Without philosophy society wouldn’t be able to have their own set of beliefs or feelings and they wouldn’t be able to discuss or argue their beliefs with other people. This is what we as a society do not realise, we use philosophy more than we believe we do and without it our social interactions would be completely different. They would be without any conflicting ideas and in fact without any ideas at all because the main focus in philosophy is to have ideas about issues or matters and contrast those ideas with other people. In conclusion, philosophy doesn’t receive as much credit as it should from society because we do not realise that it is being used on a regular basis throughout daily interactions with people. Philosophy is needed in society to generate people to challenge their minds and to also challenge other people’s minds but most importantly to demonstrate knowledge and to pursue greater