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comes from Greek words “philos” and “sophia” meaning “love of wisdom.”

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Philosophy

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what does “philos” and “sophia” mean?

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love of wisdom

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Philosophy was used to make sense of the world using

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reason

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A broad field of inquiry that delves into fundamental aspects of human existence and understanding, with abstract and general ideas

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Philosophy

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Why do we study Philosophy?

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  1. Broad Perspective
  2. Critical Thinking
    3 Clarity of Concepts
  3. Creativity
  4. Ethical Considerations
  5. Long-Term Thinking
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Advocated for soul’s immortality, virtuous behavior, and the significance of mathematics in understanding reality

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Pythagoras

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He proposed that everything that exists is based on a higher order or plan which he called logo

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Heraclitus

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  • focused on natural phenomena causes
  • He theorized that all material bodies are made up of indivisibly small “atoms”.
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Democritus

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He was a known advocate of living a simple and virtuous life.

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Diogenes of Sinope

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advocated forgoing many short-term pleasures and instead focusing on the overall pleasure and pain distribution over a lifetime.

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Epicurus

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He introduced dialectic for inquiry and founded the Academy, a renowned institution of higher learning.

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Plato

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He was credited with formulating the method which means of examining a topic by devising a series of questions that let the learner examine and analyze his knowledge and views regarding the topic.

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Socrates

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His logic studies led to deductive reasoning, analyzing statements to form conclusions.

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Aristotle

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what are the 6 Main Divisions of Philosophy

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  1. Logic
  2. Epistemology
  3. Ethics
  4. Metaphysics
  5. Aesthetics
  6. Political Philosophy
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it refers to a body of knowledge that looks up on the society, politics and the people that makes it whole.

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political philosophy

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a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of thinking and reasoning using empirical support and information which are reliable, valid and objective

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logic

17
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it is the study of what is right and what is wrong in human behavior in the pursuit of beauty and goodness in life.

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ethics

18
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it is also a branch of philosophy which is concerned with the essence of perception and ugliness.

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aesthetics

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it is a branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of ultimate reality

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metaphysics

20
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Study of knowledge/knowing

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epistemology

21
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The tool that philosophy uses to study and evaluate philosophical truths

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logic

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what are the 2 types of logic

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  1. Deductive Reasoning
  2. Inductive Reasoning
23
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from a general truth to a specific truth (universal to particular)

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Deductive Reasoning

24
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from a specific truth to a general truth (particular to universal)

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Inductive Reasoning

25
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Stresses the role of the mind in doing Philosophy.

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Rationalism

26
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what are the 2 ways of thinking

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  1. Rationalism
  2. Empiricism
27
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stresses the role of senses in doing philosophy

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Empiricism

28
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it comes from the Greek word “ethos” which means “character” or “custom”.

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ethics

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what does “ethos” means

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character” or “custom

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it was derived from the Greek word “aesthetikos” which means “ one who is perceptive of things through his sensations, feelings and intuitions.”

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aesthetics

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what does “aesthetikos” means

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one who is perceptive of things through his sensations, feelings and intuitions

32
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they are “questions whose answers are in principle open to inform, rational, and honest disagreement, ultimate but not absolute, closed under further questioning, possibly constrained by empirical and logi-mathematical resources but requiring noetic resources to be answered

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open questions

33
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These are exercises of the imagination, in which we consider scenarios that address different aspects of our world.

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thought experiment

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