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Nursing Instructor
Dhaka Nursing College, Dhaka
Philosophy of Nursing Education
Concept of Philosophy
The word Philosophy is made up of two Greek words Philo and Sophia. Philo
means love and Sophia means wisdom. Philosophy is the love of wisdom or knowledge.
Philosophy endeavors to understand all that comes within the boundary of human experience.
Philosophy is the search for a comprehensive view of nature. It is an attempt at a universal
explanation of the nature of things.
Definitions of Philosophy
Some definitions have been offered to understand the term philosophy. Listed below
are a few of them.
1. Philosophy is the science of knowledge Fichte
2. Philosophy is the science and criticism of cognition Kant
3. Philosophy aims at the knowledge of the eternal nature of things Plato
4. Philosophy is the science which investigates the nature of being as it is in itself
Aristotle.
5. Philosophy like all other studies, aims primarily at knowledge Bertrand Russell
6. Philosophy is a logical enquiry into the nature of reality Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
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