What is philosophy? What does it mean to be philosophocal? How does a person...

[lil]

...think philosophically? When did you start thinking philosphically?

[Open_Mind]

Understanding of life, learning how to live and the thought process encompass the philosophy.

Having a direction in life is to b philosophical.

Have a clear aim and also act in that direction is only the philosophcal thinking.

[kuarash]

Philosophy in word means "being in love with truth" and it has been said that the word was coined in the 4th B.C. by Socrates. Thinking in the most META position in relation to the world and the subject of judgment, which will cause a fact that is necessary true in general is philosophy. Philosophy is the science of absolute. When mind is self-acting of it's existence and it interactions with itself and surroundings she will sort her actions relating to reactions; since she wants facts, typology and judgments that are generally true, she will try to build a method to reach only the mentioned facts-the necessary general truth-. The process that mind is judging its methods relating its desired results, is the metaphysical methodology and the discourse where she thinks this phenomenon is the world of Meta physics.
Every system which allows forces, determines, agrees, declines or builds in the limits of metaphysics is a philosophical discourse.