Module 2: Philosophy of the Human Person

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Begins with a sense of wonder

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Philosophy

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They are interested in nature and cosmos.

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Greek philosophers

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They focused on God.

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Medieval philosophers

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They marked a shift in philosophy towards the study of human being

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Renaissance and Reformation, along with the worksnof Descartes

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Who attempted to understand the human person

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Socrates and few other thinkers

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With the rise of experimental sciences in the modern times. They have become the primary and exclusive object of many different disciplines, such as psychology, sociology, or anthropology.

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Human person

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Can be understood as an attempt to unify different ways of understanding human nature.

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Philosophy of the human person

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Methodical reflection on human experience(first-person perspective) ws well as from the philosopher’s own personal experience.

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Phenomenology

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Concerned with interpersonal relationships and the dynamics of these relationships

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Existentialism

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Study of human beings, which interprets the data of experience in the light of metaphysical principles.

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Philosophy of the human person

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2 Sources of the Philosophy of the human person

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1. Data of experience
2. Metaphysical principles

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Supplied mainly by everyday experience and confirmed by experimental sciences

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Data of experience

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Supplied by ontology or metaphysics

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Metaphysical principles

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Philosophy of the human person is also known as:

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• Philosophical Anthropology
• Rational Psychology

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Seeks to unify the empirical investigations of human nature in an effort to understand individuals as creatures of their environment and creators of their values.

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Philosophical Anthropology

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Philosophical Anthropology is distinct from?

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SBC
• Social Anthropology
• Biological Anthropology
• Cultural Anthropology

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Studies human beings, society and cultures through a comparative lens

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Social Anthropology

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Studies the evolution of humans, their variability, and adaptations to environmental stresses.

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Biological Anthropology

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Deals with the study of human societies and cultures

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Cultural Anthropology

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Delves deeper into the human psyche by rational reflection on the implications of human activity

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Rational Psychology

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Psychology comes from the Greek words

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psyche: mind
logos: science

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Science of facts and laws of mental life, as acquired by everyday experience

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Empirical psychology

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Try to understand the human person in terms of reading, measurement, and behavior patterns obtained from experimental observation.

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Experimental psychology

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Study of the nature of human beings

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Ontology

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2 Methods in the Investigation of Human Philosophy

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1. Phenomenology 2. Transcendental phase

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We use observations regarding human beings, without yet attempting to interpret or draw speculative conclusions from our data.

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Phenomenology

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We seek the ultimate meaning of data. It searches for a final, conclusive, and exhaustive justification and explanation for all human behavior, activities, manifestations, cultural products, etc.

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Transcendental phase

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Study of interpretation

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Hermeneutics

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Important information about the human person.

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SALCOCVSH • Self-consciousness • Abstract intelligence • Language • Contemplation • Objectification • Culture • Volitional freedom • Sociality • Hermeneutical Nature

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Animals possess consciousness, but only humans have the capacity for reflection.

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Self-consciousness

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Animals possess a high degree of instinct and some even possess a high degree of intelligence, but human alone possess rationality.

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Abstract intelligence

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Humans seem capable of communicating because of their capacity of abstraction.

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Language

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Human being alone seem capable of contemplating nature. They are only aesthetic animals

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Contemplation

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Humans because of self-consciousness, are capable of objectifying their world

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Objectification

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Our ability to objectify enables us to name things, to speak about them, and to engage in cultural pursuits. We are the only beings that can carry on from where the previous generation left off.

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Culture

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Humans alone choose self-consciously and willfully. In short, they alone possess volitional freedom.

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Volitional freedom

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We participation in the world as a human. We are all social animals

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Sociality

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Every human being is a product of a particular era and culture. The way in which they relate to the world around them is influenced by historical, cultural, and social factors.

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Hermeneutical nature