What is Philosophy?

The basic question of philosophy is that of worldview and methodology. We need to have a correct scientific worldview and methodology if we intend to understand the various phenomena surrounding us. In this very process we can comprehend the role of human agency in social change. This book attempts to understand the real meaning and function of philosophy through a historical analysis of its development and attempts to develop a Marxist theory of philosophy. This is not a book on Marxist philosophy. Rather, this is a Marxist book on philosophy. To borrow from Althusser, it is not a discourse in…