Philosophy

Philos - love

Sophia - wisdom

>discipline that uses human reason to investigate the ultimate causes, reasons, and principles which govern all things.

Philosopher - Lovers of wisdom

Branch of Philosophy

Aesthetic - deals with beauty

Logic - correct reasoning

Epistemology - discuss nature of knowledge and knowing

Ethics - deal with moral questions and dilemma

Political Philosophy - deal with question of justice (government)

Metaphysics - question regarding reality

Philosophy of the human person - understand person from philosophical perspective

Holistic perspective - consider large scale pattern in systems

Partial point of view - focus on specific aspect of situation

Frameworks - way of thinking about the world and composed of views and belief of a person

Internal question - deals with our own correctness

External question - question the framework upon people based on their belief

Philosopher

Plato - wonder

Rene descartes - doubt

Karl Jaspers - experience

Socrates - exemplified the perspective of love for wisdom

  • foremost philosopher of ancient time

  • Contribute in the field of ethics

    socratic method - devising series of questions

Phytagoras - formulate phytagorean theorem

Heraclitus - everything that exist based on higher level - called logos

Democritus - natural phenomena

  • matter is made up of tiny particles called atoms

Diogenes of Sinope - living simple and virtuous life

  • cynanism

  • Stoicism

Epicurus - enable man to live a life of happiness

  • Epicureanism - school of philosophy that believe simple living can result to a life of free of fear and pain.

Plato - student of socrates, considered as foundation of western philosophy

  • Theory of forms - everything is based on idea/template that can be perceived in mind

  • Dialectic - method of inquiry where to opposing idea is discussed to arrive at new knowledge

  • Academy - institution of higher learning

Aristotle - prominent student of plato , disagree with plato’s theory of form ; idea and view are based on perception and our reality is based on what we can sense and perceive.