Philosophy Lesson 1.1

Philo and Sophia

The word "philosophy", particularly western philosophy, originated from to two Greek words, which are?

wisdom

from the two Greek words where Philosophy is originated, Sophia means?

Love

from the two Greek words where Philosophy is originated, Philo means?

Philosophy

Love of wisdom refers to the strong desire of the human person to possess knowledge and apply it correctly.

Philosophizing

This traces its roots to when people started asking "why "and tried looking for answers.

It is an attempt to logically formulate, understand and answer the essential questions that we ask.

Socrates

First major Greek philosopher

Socrates

He came up with the " Socratic Method" a way of studying problems through a questions and answer technique.

Socrates

His thoughts focused on morals, good, evil and society. And, He did not to write a lot but plato, his student, recorded all his thoughts.

Plato

This person wrote about his philosophy in conversation call " dialogues" and his most famous work, the " Republic". This is where he expressed his thought that of all people, a philosopher should be king.

Republic

This is where Plato expressed his thought that of all people, a philosopher should be king.

Plato

Belived that one should not live in luxury but instead in simplicity.

Plato

He founded his own school, the ACADEMY where Aristotle become one of his student.

Aristotle

He was a student of plato. But didn't always agree with his teacher.

Aristotle

He liked to focus more on science as one of the practical areas of philosophy

He founded his own school called " LYCEUM"

Aristotle

For him, reason was the highest good and that having self-control is very important.

Lyceum

Aristotle School is called?

Metaphysics

Study of the physical universe and nature of ultimate reality.

Logic

Diffrentiates between valid and confusing ideas.

Axiology

Study of principles and values ( Ethics and

Aesthetics )

Epistemology

Considers how people come to learn what they know?

Doing Philosophy

When we are doing philosophical reflections and we are engaged on finding ways or methodologies to eliminate any practical problem or abstract idea, we are already " doing philosophy"

Epistemology

What is knowledge?

What is the sources of knowledge?

Axiology

What is goodness?

Logic

What is good reasoning?

Not so good reasoning?

Metaphysics

What is real?

What is the origin of the world?