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Philosophy comes from two words: philos which means blank and sophia which means blank
love & wisdom
4 meaning of philosophy
Scientific Approach, Natural Light of Reason, Study of all things, First Cause or the Highest Principle
4 First Cause or the Highest Principle
a. Principle of Identity
b. Principle of Noncontradiction
c. Principle of Excluded Middle
d. Principle of Sufficient Reason
It is suspending one’s judgement and conclusion about a matter and mentally exploring the pros and cons, the characteristics, and the purpose of an idea, or situation.
Emptying
2 Philosophical Way of Thinking
Holistic and Partial Thinking
It refers to a perspective that considers large-scale patterns in systems. This often described as looking at the “big picture” when describing and analyzing a situation or problem.
Holistic Thinking
A philosophical way of thinking that focuses on specific aspects of a situation.
Partial Thinking
A branch of philosophy that is only an extension of the fundamental and necessary drive in every human being to know what is real. What is reality, why does reality exist, and how does it exist are just some of the questions pursued by physics.
Metaphysics
For him, everything is water. He claimed that everything we experience is water.
Thales
Reality everything else is blank
Appearance
He is Socrates’ most famous student and is a good example of metaphysician who drew the sharpest possible contrast between reality and appearance.
Plato
For him reality is invincible but concrete true representation of all physical reality that the eye can see.
Plato
It is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates the morality and virtue of human actions.
Ethics
They study morality from perspective of philosophy appeal to logical arguments to justify claims and positions involving morality.
Ethicists
Ethics Five Main Frameworks
Divine Command
Consequentialism or Utilitarianism
Deontological Ethics
Virtue Ethics
Relativism
In this framework, a strong sense of individualism does not exist, bit rather, the collective is emphasized. The actions and moral reasoning of St. Teresa of Calcuta and St. Lorenzo Ruiz are exemplars of this theory.
Divine Command
Jeremy Bentham, Stoics, and Epicureans are the authors of this ethical theory. In others, what is good for the greatest number of people is the best choice and moral choice. An example is if killing a cow is the only way to save seven children from starvation, killing the cow is moral.
Consequentialism or Utilitarianism
Whatever is my moral duty to do. This means the person has a moral duty to do what is right regardless of what the person thinks or feels about the situation.
Deontological Ethics
What kind of person I ought to be
Virtue Ethics
What does my culture or society think I ought to do?
Relativism
For him, to be happy a person has to live a virtuous life.
Socrates
A greek word which means virtue
Arete
He raised the “problem of the Negro”
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
It deals with nature, sources, limitations, and validity of knowledge.
Epistemology