Unit 1: Doing Philosophy
Science
Empirical Study of the world
Science
means āto investigateā
Science
Cannot answer anything in this world
Science
Looks at reality partially
Science
Cannot solve moral and political problems
Involves receiving revelations from God
Method of religion
The armchair is the principal piece of apparatus of a philosopher; for the philosopher is strictly an armchair thinker.
Philosophy needs conversation.
Philosophy is reflective
Method of Philosophy
investigative
Science is?
Reflective
Philosophy is?
Accepts and believes
Religion?
more knowledge u get but more understanding
Philosophy is not _______ but _______
Gabriel Marcel
Two types of reflection by?
Primary and Secondary reflection
Two types of reflection
Primary reflection
It sees persons not according to their being but as something associated with predicates.
Primary reflection
Human is defined according to oneās own name, student number or even address, etc.
Secondary reflection
It looks not on man only through his predicates, but on his whole being, the totality of his being a person
Platoās allegory of the cave book VII, the republic
Title of Platoās book
Greek
Philosophy is a ____ word
Love
Philo means?
wisdom
Sophia means?
Pythagoras
Historical definition is also called as?
Merchants
āLovers of gains and pleasureā
Athletes and politicians
āLovers of fameā
Audience
āLovers of Spectacleā
The one who wants to be rich.
The one who wants to be famous.
The one who wants to understand and reflect what life is really all about
3 types of people in reality
āAn unexamined life is not worth livingā
Socratic Motto
human mind and heart
Philosophy is basically an attitude, an activity of the _____ and ___
Active utilization
Wisdom is the ______ of knowledge
Latin, Ostendere, to show or to point out
Ostensive comes from the ____ word _____, which means ______ or ______. One defines a term by pointing it or by showing it out.
wonder of awe
act of questioning
The starting point of philosophizing
Wonder of awe
The most important thing in philosophy is that we are able to reflect on our human activities.
Act of questioning
Asking relevant questions. Asking questions by recognizing and being aware of our own activities will lead us to deliberate reflection.
Ancient classical
Medieval
Modern
Contemporary
4 different periods of philosophy
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Greek Triumvirate
Founding fathers of philosophy
Ancient classical
Cosmo-centric by Thales
Medieval
Theocentric by St. Thomas Aquinas
Modern
Scientific and rationalistic by Rene Descartes
Contemporary
Anthropocentric by Jean Paul-Sartre
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Ethics
Logic
Aesthetics
Psychology
Philosophy of man
Different branches of philosophy
Metaphysics
Concerned with the ultimate nature of existence
Epistemology
Deals with the nature, sources, limitations, and validity of knowledge
Ethics
Study of moral judgement
Logic
Principles of valid reasoning
Aesthetics
Problems regarding beauty and sublimity
Psychology
Mind and human behavior
Philosophy of man
Man being in the world