Operational Philosophy, OpPhil, is a system of philosophy, a philosophical theory, a theory of philosophy, which requires and therefore includes operational definitions of important terms used in the field of philosophy.

Operational definitions define and thereby specify terms and phrases by presenting descriptions of the observations and/or measurements of the people, things and events related to, and therefore relevant to, the term/phrase being defined operationally.

One fundamental question inre: operational definitions, is this: What do people/things/events do when they  _____ [term/phrase being defined operationally]

Operational definitions function as operational answers to operational questions.

Operational Question: What do people do when they do philosophy? [This is the fundamental question inre: philosophy.]

Operational Answer: When people do philosophy they create concepts and principles which describe people, things and events and they develop techniques for using the concepts and principles. [This is the fundamental answer to the fundamental question inre: philosophy.]

Philosophy is a term used for (1) a field of study, (2) a process of developing a philosophy, and (3) a personal or organizational set of concepts, principles and techniques.

The field of study called philosophy is the organized study of the process, including standards and guidelines for thought and logic, by which people develop the concepts, principles and techniques they use for observing, analyzing, understanding, evaluating, organizing, and dealing with themselves and the people, things and events who and/or which comprise reality.

The process of philosophy is the specification of the operational definitions and the standards and guidelines for the logic to be used (A) for the field of study which is called philosophy and (B) for the development of an individual's personal set of concepts/principles/techniques, which is called a personal philosophy, or for an organization's set of concepts/principles/techniques, which is called an organizational philosophy.

A personal philosophy is an individual’s set of concepts/principles/techniques; an organizational philosophy is an organization's set of concepts/principles/techniques, the set of concepts/principles/techniques the individuals within an organization develop for the organization.