Philosophy

[Britney]

Literally, the love of, including the search after,
wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by,
and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws.

[Mark Zuckerberg]

Contrary to some of the vacuous bullshit youll find on this page, philosophy is a noble, no, possibly THE most noble academic discipline one can study. Sans repeating what our friend correctly said about the five major fields, I will say this: We live and die for philosophy. Even if we dont realize it, nearly everything we believe is predicated on someones philosophical investigations. To debase the mother of all sciences as a waste of the taxpayers money is to admit barefaced ignorance.
Oh yeah, and philosophy majors score higher than any other majors on the graduate exam; mathematics students come in second. Maybe theyre doing something right.
PS. Im not a philosophy major.

[Couch Potatoe]

Think about it.

No,think about -> [IT]

[Jessica]

The major for people who value education and intelligent thought over silly matters such as getting a job.

The reason that one day I will live in a box, unless I buckle down and take those damn LSATs.

[Justin Bieber]

The highest and most noble academic discipline one can study.
Philosophy undertakes the task of determining the fundamental nature of human existence with thorough logical analysis. Philosophy can be broken down into four major branches:

Metaphysics: the study of ultimate reality
Epistemology: the study of knowledge
Ethics: the study of human actions and conduct
Aesthetics: the study of art and beauty

[Tina]

The habit of continuously asking questions about every aspect of the human condition.Has been known to make some of its adepts pompous and arrogant,but has also made others a little brighter than they were before.

[Kai]

The [love] of [knowledge] and the love of seeking it, then producing exhaustive writings of exhausting and inept [metaphor]s, being refuted by another [philosopher]s exhausting and inept metaphors, then replying in rebuttal to challengers, [ad nauseum]. While one of the most noble [intellectual] pursuits, it is also one of the most [masturbatory].

[Zipporah Schumaker]

Philosophy- A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. --Ambrose Bierce

[Jason Yan]

Meaning the [love] of [wisdom], philosophers try to answer the ultimate questions that can not be answered. See examples. Famous philosophers include - [Aristotle], [Plato], [Hume], [Neitzche] etc...
Areas of [philosophy] include [ethics], [metaphysics], [mind] etc
Philosophy in films - [Donnie Darko], [Butterfly Effect], [The Matrix], [Minority Reports], [Space Odessey 2010]
See [wikipedia] for more info...

[Vania]

A field of study which can essentially be divided into the subfields of epistemology, metaphysics and ethics.
Epistemology is the study of knowledge, how it is gained and to what degree it is possible.
Metaphysics is the study of what exists, how it exists and how we define it.
Ethics is the attempt, having decided upon theories of knowledge and existence, to create a coherent way of living.
Contrary to popular belief, philosophy is not, or at least does not have to be, useless. If everyone thought carefully about what they believe, why they believe it and how they should act accordingly the world would be a better place. Everyone from politicians to scientists to soccer-moms must make decisions of ethics which affect them and those around them.

[Raeanne Dimick]

The art of thinking.
Philosophy is the ability to conceptualize and articulate with other people, ideas on society, the world, how it functions, peoples roles in it, existence itself and even things such as sports and athletics. It is a very narrow-minded concept that philosophy only has to do with deep thought, but it can also be rather light.
Ultimately it is usually viewed as reading others thoughts, such as Aristotle, and learning arguments so you can repeat them, but I believe one whom follows philosophy would be more concentrated on finding new ways to think about things, or would rather have intelligent conversations on subjects and enjoy just simply thinking about them.

[PussyCat]

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

[Sommer]

the use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of the real world and existence, the use and limits of knowledge, and the principles of moral judgment: