Throughout history, great thinkers have influenced the way of being, thinking and acting from different ancient civilizations to the present day. The psychological evolution of the human being has had great contributions from philosophy, this very beautiful science that studies the beauty of the human being under some aesthetic concepts that compose it.
At the same time, it has given knowledge the key tools for a good understanding of it and its terminologies. By virtue of this, we wanted to dedicate an article especially to philosophical knowledge, what contributions it has given to society and the best way to understand it without discrediting it.
What is the philosophy?
Let's start by defining the concept of philosophy primarily as the love of wisdom. It is a science that studies problems related to human beings and their conditions, which raises questions such as morality, beauty, existence, knowledge, mind and language.
In inquiring about these issues, philosophy differs from the mysticity of spiritual components, since it has an emphasis on the rational components that structure and define existence.
The studies carried out by philosophy are not involved in the experience, knowledge is always reached through different methods such as speculation, which studies the elements involved a priori to be able to give a final conclusion about the aspects that define said element, without However, there is no specific conclusion that conditions the characteristics of the object studied since the infinite beauty and ability of the philosophical being to inquire about its existence, allows you to always go beyond previously acquired knowledge.
The philosopher can be a scientist, theologian or politician, this is due to the virtues of the same to understand and pose problems of life.
What is knowledge?
Before talking about philosophical knowledge we must address the concept of knowledge, this term has multiple concepts that are related to it; for example: human conscience, intellectuality and the action of acquiring information.
Everything will depend on the position that one has before this term and the use that will be given to it within the investigative fields.
In summary, you can have the concept of the term with multiple definitions of it so as not to directly limit the learning of being, that is, if you have the notion of knowledge related to consciousness, it may be that the concept of the same is the experience and familiarization of the being with respect to the universe.
On the other hand, if the person has the concept of knowledge related to reasoning, they can have the definition of the content intellect related to a specific area such as science.
So it is valid to have the different concepts previously explained related to the concept of knowledge itself.
What does philosophical knowledge mean?
It is understood by this type of classification, everything inherent to the human being based on his behavior and thought.
Analysis and criticism are the tools that a philosopher possesses to be able to reach such knowledge.
To see the flaws within some behavior that becomes the problem of being, the analysis is fundamental to improve philosophical discourse.
Criticism opens the way to proposing new solutions that involve the collective and its other problems.
Main elements
Among the main elements of this we find the following:
- Empirical knowledge: It is based on the personal experiences that create knowledge, depending on the perception that one has of it and the faculties of the person to learn. Learn to develop skills such as writing, reading, a new language, knowing the colors of letters and numbers, and being able to give names to the different elements of the environment; they belong to empirical knowledge.
- Theological knowledge: It refers to the confidence that the human being has in the face of different phenomena that do not have an explanation that proves the veracity of their existence. The creation of the universe, the existence of the ten commandments, the miracles explained in the bible, and even the life of Jesus.
- Scientific knowledge: It is based on the evidence that verifies the veracity of the studies, for example, theories such as the Big Bang, the Law of Gravity, Darwin's theories, heliocentrism, movements of translation and rotation.
- Intuitive insight: It is related to the intuition that human beings have to detect the factors that occur in their environment and in sentimental and social relationships. Recognize the different moods of a person, interpret the body language of others, and know how to recognize the emotions of others.
- Philosophical self-knowledge: Self-knowledge of being is a key tool for the evolution of humanity, on a spiritual level it provides benefits to people to be able to answer existential questions and know how to live according to the capacities that they have in themselves. It is directly related to the wisdom of the human being and his need to understand the different phenomena that happen around him; understand the reason for the existence, the reason for the origin of the species and other types of questions regarding the society and locality to which it belongs.
Characteristics of philosophical knowledge
Each of the philosophical knowledge shares a characteristic in common with the others: the need to acquire wisdom through whatever means the being has available.
We understand by wisdom any character that forms intelligence according to the human being's own experiences in order to reach a better understanding of the object or situation under study.
To be able to discern between good from evil, wisdom brings us to a reflective state in which we can decide on what is good for us or not, or simply to feel the pleasure of possessing universal information. That is why wisdom is a characteristic that becomes part of the knowledge of philosophy and its application in the daily life of the individual.
In another order of ideas, there are several characteristics that differentiate the philosophical from the scientist.
According to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, there are four main characteristics in which the philosophical can be divided:
- Rational: It is completely devoid of any emotional condition, it is based on the channeling of logic, which allows the philosopher to study in depth and without emotional commitments any factor full of complexity.
- Critical: As we have mentioned previously, for philosophical knowledge the ability to process information critically is needed to have better objectivity in the conclusions.
- Analytical: It focuses on specific topics, that is, it covers a specific topic to be able to detail the concepts and theories in particular.
- Historic: It is always linked to historical and social events that took place in a specific location.