Philosophy and Philosophizing Flashcards
philia
love
sophia
wisdom
Love involve/entails:
- Passion
- Pursuit
- Going beyond
wisdom involves/entails:
- knowledge/understanding
- a reliable, accurate understanding of
ourselves & the world
nature & function of philosophy
ignorance
deeper knowledge, giving meaning and asking deeper questions
philosophy
way of life
philosophy
the unending human search for Truth
philosophy
awayof thinking about the world, the universe, and the society.
philosophy
an activity people undertake when they seek to understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to the world and to each other
philosophy
for those who are willing to be disturbed with a creative disturbance
philosophy
for those who still have the capacity to wonder
philosophy
both an activity involving thinking
about these kinds of ultimate questions and an
activity involving the construction of sound reasons
or insights into our most basic assumptions
about understanding our lives and our place in
the universe
philosophy
Into the principles of presuppositions of any field of
inquiry. Philisophy is not a subject of study like other
fields of inquiry
Sustained Inquiry
sometime regarded as a calling to ask, answer,
or comment upon certain kinds of questions
Attitude and approach
upon whch a fielld of inquryi is bsaed, and there
questions directly relat to the results discovered in
that field of inquiry
Concerned with assumptions
Why do people philosophize?
- there is tension in human existence
- human interaction
Three Types of Inquiry
- common sense
- scientific inquiry
- philosophical inquiry
sound judgment based on a simple perception of
the situation or facts
Common Sense
careful investigation into some aspect of the natural
world whereby quantifiable relationships may be
propounded
Scientific Inquiry
goes beyond the scientific. It inquires the
coherence quality, sense of human life itself as a
comprehensive reality
Philosophical Inquiry
the initiation to philosophy
questioning, of wanting to
know
When man is confronted with Mystery, or Something whose causes are still unknown, he wonders why.- (the beginning of wisdom)
Socrates
Wonder is the feeling of a Philosopher
Plato