(University of Hyderabad, 2007-07)
Bharath Kumar. C.; Kulkarni, S.G
Since its inception, philosophy has been a critical evaluation of our most general ideas and
claims. Those ideas and claims may be about the world we live in, the knowledge we
acquire, the conduct we follow, thinking we adopt, the pleasures we enjoy and institutions
we build. The common thread that passes through the above mentioned objects of
philosophical study is the generality of these concerns. If critical thinking constitutes the
head of philosophy, generality of its concerns constitutes its heart. The abstract nature of
philosophy is to be traced to the generality of its concerns. In an important sense, philosophy
is an expression of a community's self-perception as well as its perception of the world
around it in its most abstract form.