philo

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Sculptor of “The Thinker”

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Auguste Rodin

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Meaning of Philosophy

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Two Greek words “philo” meaning to love, and “sophia” wisdom. Love for Wisdom.

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Stated: “A science that by natural light of
reason studies the first causes and
highest principles of ALL things”

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Ramos, 2016

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Definition of Philosophy according to Ramos, 2016

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Science that by natural light of reasons studies the first causes and the highest principles of all things.

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The philosophical investigations are systematic. It follows certain steps or it employs certain procedures.

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Philosophy: as Science

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The philosopher uses his natural capacity to think, that is his capacity to use simply human reason or in other words unaided reason.

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Philosophy: Natural Light of Reason

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All other sciences concern themselves with particular objects of investigation, while philosophy derives ideas from any subjects to explain and examine a certain phenomenon.

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Philosophy: Study of ALL things

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A principle is that from which something proceeds in any manner whatsoever.

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Philosophy: First Cause or Highest Principle

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Four Definitions of Philosophy

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Philosophy as Science, Natural Light of Reason, Study of ALL Things, and First Cause or Highest Principle

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Four Highest Principles

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Identity, Non-Contradiction, Excluded Middle, Sufficient Reason

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Whatever is is; and whatever is not is not; everything is what it is. Everything is its own being, and not being is not being.

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Highest Principle: Identity

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It is impossible for a thing to be and not be at the same time, and the same respect.

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Non-Contradiction

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A thing is either is or is not; everything must be either be or not be; between being, there is no middle ground possible.

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Excluded Middle

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Nothing exist without a sufficient reason for its being and existence.

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Sufficient Reason

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5 Branches of Philosophy

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Metaphysics, Logic, Epistemology, Ethics, and Aesthetics

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Studies the state of being and the nature of reality

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Metaphysics

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Study of good reasoning, by examining the validity of arguments and documenting their fallacies.

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Logic

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Studies the nature and scope of
knowledge and belief

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Epistemology

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Study of the right, the good, and
the valuable. Generally, the study of the nature of moral judgement.

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Ethics

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Study of beauty, judgments of sentiment, or taste and its different manifestations.

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Aesthetics

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Author of the Blind Men and the Elephant

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John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)

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Described as looking at the “big picture” when
describing and analyzing a situation or problem

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Holistic Thinking

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Focuses on specific aspects of a situation

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Partial Thinking