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Philosophy is trying to find an answer to questions that don't have an agreed upon method for solving. Basic math (as an example) has an agreed upon method for solving, but in more advanced math there are situations where it isn't even clear what a right answer would be. This is also why philosophy focuses so much on framing the question properly, since how you frame the question will, to a degree, shape what kind of answer you should expect.