Philosphy 101 Flashcards
“philo” means?
LOVE
It comes from living
WISDOM
It comes from learning
Knowledge
What to philosophize?
• Anything that exist
•Anything that is going to exist
•Anything that can be thought of
•Anything that is known
A “Human Person” is?
Rational
Social
Moral
Emotional
Embodied
Dignified
Has freedom
Has rights
Wich means has the capacity to think
RATIONAL
Wich means has feelings and emotions
EMOTIONAL BEING
A being who has the capacity to understand the good and the wromg
A MORAL BEING
Wich means has the capacity to communicate and interact with other beings
A SOCIAL BEING
Is the theoretical reflective study of human being which intends to gain interpretive and prescriptive knowledge
PHILOSPHY OF THE HUAMN PERSON
NATURE/CHARACTER OF PHILOSOPHY:
FRAMEWORK
BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
DISCIPLINE
Cognitive branches of philosophy
LOGIC
EPISTEMOLOGY
METAPHYSICS
Normative branches of Philosophy
ETHOS
POLITICAL SCIENCE
AESTHETIC
A branch of philosophy which deals with correct reasoning and argumentation
The art of thinking
LOGIC
TYPES OF LOGIC:
DEDUCTIVE REASONING
INDUCTIVE REASONING
From a GENERAL truth to a SPECIFIC truth
DEDUCTIVE REASONING
From SPECIFIC truth to GENERAL truth
INDUCTIVE REASONING
The study of nature of knowledge and knowing.
It deals with the process by which we can know that something is true
EPISTEMOLOGY
“META” Wich means
BEYOND
SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
Rational school
Empirical school