UNDERSTANDING PHILOSOPHY: Introduction to Philosophy

Presented by: Jolan Mojos Binamira
The Meaning and
Method of Doing
Philosophy

Instruction: Choose
from the word pool
the correct word
that match the
definition.
LOGIC
A
EPISTEMOLOGY
METAPHYSICS
ETHICS
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY
OF THE HUMAN PERSON
B
C
D
E
F
G
AESTHETICS
ACTIVITY:
WORD POOL

1. The branch of
Philosophy
which deals with
beauty and what
makes things
“beautiful”.
LOGIC
A
EPISTEMOLOGY
METAPHYSICS
ETHICS
PHILOSOPHY
OF THE HUMAN PERSON
B
C
D
E
F
G
AESTHETICS

2. The branch
of philosophy
which deals
with correct
reasoning.
LOGIC
A
EPISTEMOLOGY
METAPHYSICS
ETHICS
PHILOSOPHY
OF THE HUMAN PERSON
B
C
D
E
F
G
AESTHETICS

3. Discusses
the nature of
knowledge and
knowing.
LOGIC
A
EPISTEMOLOGY
METAPHYSICS
ETHICS
PHILOSOPHY
OF THE HUMAN PERSON
B
C
D
E
F
G
AESTHETICS

4. The branch
which deals
with moral
questions and
dilemmas.
LOGIC
A
EPISTEMOLOGY
METAPHYSICS
ETHICS
PHILOSOPHY
OF THE HUMAN PERSON
B
C
D
E
F
G
AESTHETICS

5. Studies
governments and
deals with
questions of
justice, power and
the rights and
obligations of
citizens.
LOGIC
A
EPISTEMOLOGY
METAPHYSICS
ETHICS
PHILOSOPHY
OF THE HUMAN PERSON
B
C
D
E
F
G
AESTHETICS

6. The branch of
philosophy
which deals with
questions
regarding reality
and existence.
LOGIC
A
EPISTEMOLOGY
METAPHYSICS
ETHICS
PHILOSOPHY
OF THE HUMAN PERSON
B
C
D
E
F
G
AESTHETICS

7. An area in
philosophy that
understand the
human person
from a
philosophical
perspective.
LOGIC
A
EPISTEMOLOGY
METAPHYSICS
ETHICS
PHILOSOPHY
OF THE HUMAN PERSON
B
C
D
E
F
G
AESTHETICS

The branch of
Philosophy which
deals with beauty and
what makes things
“beautiful”.
AESTHETICS
1

The branch of
philosophy which
deals with correct
reasoning.
LOGIC
2

Discusses the nature
of knowledge and
knowing.
EPISTEMOLOGY
3

The branch which
deals with moral
questions and
dilemmas.
ETHICS
4

Studies governments and
deals with questions of
justice, power and the
rights and obligations of
citizens.
5

The branch of
philosophy which deals
with questions
regarding reality and
existence.
METAPHYSICS
6

An area in philosophy
that understand the
human person from a
philosophical
perspective.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN
PERSON
7

THE VALUE OF DOING
PHILOSOPHY IN
OBTAINING A BROAD
PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE

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• Tendency to wonder and
doubt.
• Applied in day-to-day activities
and life.
• Make better decisions and act
accordingly.
• Enables reflective thinking.
• Driven by the love for wisdom.

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• A philosopher is a good
communicator.
• Doing philosophy, a holistic
perspective on the subject is
always required.
• Distinct area of knowledge with its
own goals, concerns, and ways of
doing things.

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Plato traced man’s need to
philosophize to his sense of
wonder. Whenever we are
confronted with an experience,
we always wonder how it came
about.
PLATO

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French philosopher Rene Descartes traced
the need to philosophize to doubt. In life,
we will be faced with several ideas and
arguments which present themselves as
“truths”. A critical and questioning
perspective is necessary to determine if
indeed these ideas or views are correct or
true.
RENE DESCARTES

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Swiss-German philosopher Karl Jaspers saw
the need to philosophize because of
experience. These experiences limit
situation, philosophy provides us a means
to understand adverse or challenging
conditions, and to rise above them and
gain new knowledge and perspective.
KARL JASPERS

ASSIGNMENT
INDIVIDUAL SELF-REFLECTION
1. How can a person benefit
from philosophizing?
2. What are the reasons that
compel a person to engage in
philosophical thinking?
Instruction: Answer the
following in 1/2 crosswise.

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