World Philosophy Day November 19, 2020

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has observed World Philosophy Day on the third Thursday of November every year since 2002. This day is celebrated on November 19.

World Philosophy Day actually invites reflection, about the world, and oneself. A United Nations resolution states that philosophy encourages critical and free thought and can promote tolerance and peace in order to build a better world.

 

Philosophers think about freedom, causes, art, social issues, and justice. On the occasion of World Philosophy Day, philosophers around the world invite all human beings to reflect on the fundamental issues of philosophy and human existence. Philosophy trains the basic values ​​of our collective life and the ability to think critically about individual lifestyles and social organization. Thus philosophy plays an important role in culture and society.

What is philosophy?

The word philosophy is derived from the Greek word “Philosophia”. It is not possible to define philosophy, so its definition has not been determined since ancient times.

Philosophy means knowledge and awareness, it is universal knowledge, which seeks to discover the objectives and purpose of existence. According to Plato, philosophy is the name of the essential and eternal knowledge of the nature of things. According to Aristotle, the purpose of philosophy is to discover what existence is in its nature. Kant calls it the knowledge of the critique of perception.

Philosophy can be called the mother of sciences in the sense that it is the source of almost all modern sciences. Mathematics, physics, chemistry, logic, psychology, social sciences are all endowed with this philosophy.

Types of philosophy

• Metaphysics
• Epistemology
• Aesthetics
• Ethics
• Logic

The need for and importance of philosophy:

Philosophy is a way of far-sighted and understanding the world. No matter how much a person denies, consciously or unconsciously he is a follower of some philosophy. When man became somewhat free from physical toil in the civilized age, he began to see and understand the world.

However, in this early period, due to the lack of scientific and other sciences, especially technology, philosophy remained imprisoned in the guise of religion. It was the Greek philosophers who separated philosophy from religion to provide a material basis for understanding the world. Since then, human society has taken many forms. Each new society rebelled against the previous one. In this uprising, everything in the previous system was challenged.

At present, the old society is dying on its own feet. An innovative society is waiting to be born. A new society where the contradiction is not between human beings but between man and nature. Where natural factors will be used for the welfare of human beings. Heraclitus said that "nature likes to hide", but just as nature likes to hide, so man likes to know. Who will win, this race depends on the efforts of human beings!