[Bups-dis] question for bups-dis

[Sophie Erskine]

Here is a short but (I think!) important question: What is philosophy for?
 
Obviously, philosophy is a broad subject which covers various different
sub-topics, on the subject of which it asks different questions. (How should
we live? What exists and what is it like? What is knowledge? What are the
right principles to reason by?) But, in investigating the answers to these
questions, are we merely solving some interesting puzzles, or are we
clarifying matters that will really change the way we see things? Should
philosophy remain abstracted from real life, or should it be an essential
inquiry - which is then acted upon - into the way experience should be
interpreted? In short, what is philosophy's active role in our lives? 
 
Any responses will be received interestedly!