Do philosophers study everything?

Philosophers love to talk about literally anything and everything. While studying Philosophy, you will learn how to think correctly but, most of all, you will question and discuss important ideas about all subjects related to human interest.

Can philosophies be proven?

Formal logic is a branch of philosophy, and yes, you can certainly prove that a given argument is valid. Other branches of philosophy, of course, have bigger issues with provability. Aesthetics, for example, doesn’t lend itself to objective proof very well.

What is it like to be a philosopher?

The romanticized version of what it’s like to be a philosopher must be one of the most appealing careers possible: read great thinkers, think deep thoughts, and while away the days in a beautiful office, surrounded by books, an Emeralite lamp, a hot mug of coffee, and perhaps a cat curled up by your feet.

Is there any branch of philosophy that started out as philosophy?

Okay, here goes: Every single branch of human learning and consideration started out — recently or anciently — as philosophy. Physics and biology began as “natural philosophy”.

What happens when a subject is passed out of Philosophy?

Once philosophers seem to make some progress in a subject, ie come up with a set methodology, then usually the subject is passed out of philosophy and a new discipline is created. A recent occurrence of this can be seen with psychology. Psychological questions used to be largely philosophical.

When does philosophy become its own discipline?

As Forrest mentioned, once a philosophic methodology gets momentum and starts garnering results it will become its own discipline. However, philosophy’s chief concern is with framing reality; thus constructing, deconstructing, and fine tuning worldviews becomes its major preoccupation.