Explain how philosophy is both a subject and a method. On the subject side, give a detailed description of the main divisions.

Explain how philosophy is both a subject and a method. On the subject side,

give a detailed description of the main divisions. On the method side, provide

some characteristics of a philosophical question, and use those characteristics to

describe what the philosophical method might be like. Go over the difference

between deductive and inductive arguments, and the properties of validity,

soundness, strength, and cogency. Finally, what did Plato, through the Allegory of

the Cave, have to say about the value of philosophy?