Practical philosophy

The division of philosophy into a practical philosophy and a theoretical discipline has its origin in Aristotle's moral philosophy and natural philosophy categories. In Sweden and Finland courses in theoretical and practical philosophy are taught separately, and are separate degrees. Other countries may use a similar scheme—some Scottish universities, for example, divide philosophy into logic, metaphysics, and ethics—but in most universities around the world philosophy is taught as a single subject. There is also a unified philosophy subject in some Swedish universities, such as Södertörns Högskola.

Practical Philosophy is also the use of philosophy and philosophical techniques in everyday life. This can take a number of forms including reflective practice, personal philosophical thinking, and philosophical counselling.

Examples of practical philosophy subjects are:

Science, which emerged from philosophy, deals with material realities, arts with the various styles of expressions while philosophy deals with our experience of reality by essentially different methods.

Ontology provides techniques to deal the concept of reality, and how truth may be either doxa (informed opinion) or techa (demonstrable fact). This branch of philosophy also considers the relation of man to the measurable physical universe and to the virtual concept of divine influences.

Axiology provides directions in determining what is socially correct opinion and behavior:

Epistemology deals with knowledge. It tells us which knowledge is ultimate?

Each social group develops its ideology of life according to epistemology. While science provides a measure of testable techa it is also partly a belief system with values.

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