American philosophy is the activity, corpus, and tradition of philosophers affiliated with the United States. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes that while it lacks a "core of defining features, American Philosophy can nevertheless be seen as both reflecting and shaping collective American identity over the history of the nation."

Philosophy is the study of underlying things. It tries to understand the reasons or basis for things. It also tries to understand how things should be. "Philosophia" is the Ancient Greek word for the "love of wisdom".A person who works in the field of philosophy is called a philosopher.A philosopher is a kind of thinker and researcher.A "philosophy" can also mean a group of ideas …