Overview: It is not unusual to hear people say, “My philosophy about that is . . . ” Generally, what they mean by “philosophy” is not the same as the meaning of “philosophy” in this course. To beginners in philosophy and experts in some philosophical area or topic, “philosophy” has something to do with its original meaning in Greek: philo (love) + sophia (wisdom), or the love of wisdom. Based on your first two weeks in a beginning course in philosophy, how would you distinguish between what the phrase “My philosophy about that is . . . ” and the word “philosophy” mean?
