Don't even know that I have one

...is a philosophy we share.

But it would probably involve the golden rule, fresh air and sunshine, and tequila.

...a good friend/family, a good book, bourbon, a nice breeze, cucumber salad and/or fried eggplant.

I like it.

...belongs in the philosophy group.

for buffalo sauce.

whatever is that person's area of interest/expertise ...

A personal philosophy statement serves as an introduction to you, focusing more on your beliefs and values than on life experiences and biographical data. These are most often used in teaching programs and apply specifically to your ideas about teaching and learning. However, you might be asked to write a personal philosophy statement as a college assignment or for an application when applying for a job, a scholarship, or for admission to a university or program.

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When someone says about a subject (mundane or not), "My philosophy is..." how much of that is commentary on method? What is "method" and how does it relate to philosophy? Is all philosophy merely method? Would a Philosophy Statement be better described as a Method Statement?

Obvious questions are implied: do methods have values or beliefs (yours or its own)? Is there a natural method? How much does this apply to the sciences? Etc.

At any rate, I believe the above would be an acceptable statement by me, if an example can be a statement--questions are far more interesting than answers. Although answers are pretty sweet, too.

is my philosophy statement.

Wouldn't that be true for most of us??

Putting it into a essay is something I haven't done. It seems too confining. You would be summarizing your mind which isn't easy unless you take the simplistic approach as in the article explaining how to write one, which seems rather trite. I suppose it depends on it's purpose, but then it wouldn't be much of a philosophical statement.

but to make a personal philosophy statement of any reasonable resemblance to its author. Otherwise it's just a grand statement of the moment. To make a personal philosophy statement would have to be a work in progress. You may say, "this is my philosophy for the moment" but then you have a diary. It's starting to look to me as if a personal philosophy statement is a trite way to apply for a job at a religious school. Outside of that anything communicated is a philosophy expressed and you can keep up with its documentation by all means available whether a tome or an etch-a-sketch.

employees ...

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=developing+a+personal+philosophy+statement&ei=UTF-8&fr=chrf-yff16

I wish I could find the original link that I saw that started me thinking about this OP

It was written by some motivational business speaker. Jun Hoa or something like that.

Can not find it now ... but, as you can see there are a lot of these type of statements out there.

So, I wondered if anybody here had written one in pursuing a job or what not.