Intro to philosophy
Course objectives:
1) Reflect – daily experiences from the holistic point of view
2) Acquire analytical & critical thinking skills
Laging tinitignan nang dalawang kasarian
Male- visual/ outside appearances female- characters
3) Apply
4) Become truthful environment friendly & service-oriented
- Humans are social animals according to Aristotle
5) Committed
- You must committed in development of more humane society
6) Articulate your own philosophy
8/24/22
PHILOSOPHY SYMBOL
MEANING
A) ETYNOLOGICAL MEANING
- GREEK WORD: PHILIA/ PHILO-“LOVE”
: SOPHIA- “WISDOM”
“LOVE OF WISDOM”
>
KNOWLEDGE > TRUTH
OBJECT OF KNOWLEDGE
ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO THE TRUTH
LOVE OF WISDOM
- TO PHILISOPHIZE THEREFORE IS TO BE INQUEST OR TO HAVE A DEGREE TOWARS
LOVING & LIVING THE TRUTH
(BABOR 2017)
B) TECHNICAL MEANING
- PHILOSOPHY IS THE SCIENCE OF BEINGS IN THE ULTIMATE REASONS, CAUSES OF
PRINCIPLES ACQUIRED BY THE AID OF HUMAN REASON ALON
( BITTLE 1984)
1) PHILOSOPHY AS A SCIENCE > ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE
- QUESTIONING
2) SCIENCE OF BEINGS – IT COVERS ALL THINGS THAT CAN BE REACHED BY HUMAN
MIND
(UNDER ALL THINGS)
PERSON- ANTROPOLOGY
COSMOS- WORLD/ UNIVERSE
GOD- THEOLOGY
3 ) PHILOSOPHY SEARCHES FOR THE ULTIMATE REASON, CAUSES & PRINCIPLES
4) PHILOSOPHY USES FOR THE POWER ON NATURAL LIGHT OF REASONS
8/25/22
LEARNING COMPETENCIES : DISTINGUISH A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE FROM A PARTIAL POINT
OF VIEW
1) PARTIAL POINT OF VIEW
- LOOKS AT ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF ASPECTS OF THE GIVEN PROBLEM/
SITUATION
- CONCLUSIONS ARE MADE BASED ON CONSIDERING SOME BUT NOT ALL SIDES OF
THE RPOBLEM/ SITUATION
2) HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE
- LOOKS AT ALL ASPECTS OF THE GIVEN PROBLEM/ SITUATION
- ALL ASPECTS ARE GIVEN IMPORTANCE WHEN MAKING CONCLUSIONS
( WHOLE TRUTH) (CRITICAL & ANALYTICAL)
THE DIVISIONS OF PHILOSOPHY
1) PRACTICAL DIVISONS OF PHILOSOPHY
A) LOGIC – STUDIES THE LAW OF THOUGHTS
- SCIENCE OF CONTROL REASONING
- LOGIC(QUESTION- RELATED TO REASONING)
- COVERS THE STUDY OF SIMPLE APPREHENSIONS IDEAS JUDGEMENT &
PROPOSITIONS OF REASONING & ARGUMENTS
B) ETHNICS
- QUESTIONS RELATED TO MORALITY
- QUESITIONS OF RIGHT & WRONG
C) AXIOLOGY – QUESTIONS RELATED TO VALUES
- AXIOLOGY STUDIES, ORIGIN,NATURE, FUNCTIONS, TYPES & INTERNALATION OF
VALUES
D) AESTHETIC- QUESTIONS RELATED TO BEAUTY & TASTE (BEAUTY & ARTS)
E) SEMANTICS- QUESTIONS RELATED TO MEAING
2) SPECULATIVE DIVISIONS OF PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPICAL FIELDS WHERE THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE ACQUISITION OF
KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT PRACTICAL USE
A) EPISTEMOLOGY – QUESTION RELATED TO TRUTH & KNOWLEDGE
B) THEODICY – QUESTIONS RELATED TO GOD
C) COSMOLOGY –CONCERNS WITH/WITHIN THE UNIVERSE
D) METAPHYSICS- QUESTIONS RELATED TO BEING OF EXISTENCE
LEARNING COMPETENCIES # 2
RECOGNIZE HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAT EMANATED FROM DELIBERATE REFLECTION
(HUMAN ACTIVITES > ACTIONS
- HUMAN ACTS { MAKATAONG KILOS}
- ACTS OF HUMANS { KILOS NG TAO}
DELIBERATE
- LATIN WORD “ DELIBERATOS” – RELATED UPON DETERMINED
-INTENTIONAL
-DONE CONCIOUSLY
REFLECTIONS
- LATIN : “REFLECTERE”
“RE” – BACK “FLECTRE” TO BOND
MEANING OF REFLECTION
BENDING OF SOMETHING BACK