Philosophy L1

• The word philosophy comes from two Greek words: philos (love) and sophia (wisdom)

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• What is the literal meaning of the word "philosophy" based on its Greek roots?

  love of wisdom
• How did the ancient Greeks initially use the term "philosophy"?

  To describe the pursuit of knowledge through reason
• According to the ancient Greeks, what does philosophy primarily involve?

  Human reason and investigation
• People who engage in philosophy are called?

  philosophers
• other term of philosophers

  lovers of wisdom
• the philosophers became pioneers in various fields of knowledge such as

  history, biology, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and even physics
• Philosophers have often wondered and argued about the role of philosophy in man's life. One view is that each one of us

  philosopher
• We all have the potential to philosophize since we have the tendency to

  wonder and doubt
• We possess the capacity to reflect on our _, and we have a never-ending need to learn and discover.

  experiences
• traced man's need to philosophize to his sense of wonder

  Plato
• Whenever we are confronted with an _, we always wonder how it came about

  experience
• This perspective drives the need of a philosopher to

  question, examine, and learn more
• traced the need to philosophize to doubt

  Rene Descartes
• was famous for rejecting or questioning established ideas, and he even went as far as doubting his own ideas.

  Rene Descartes
• Descartes method of examining ideas and perspectives became the basis of

  critical thinking and analysis in the sciences
• In life, we will be faced with several ideas and arguments which present themselves as

  truth
• is necessary to determine if indeed these ideas or views are correct or true.

  critical and questioning perspective
• saw the need to philosophize because of experience

  Karl Jaspers
• believed that man is often confronted by experiences which challenge his ideas and frameworks.

  Karl Jaspers
• he called these experiences limit situations, and these are often accompanied by feelings of helplessness, anxiety, or dread.

  Karl Jaspers
• for him philosophy provides us a means to understand adverse or challenging conditions, and to rise above them and gain new knowledge and perspectives.

  Karl Jaspers
• according to Socrates, philosophy is the need to philosophize is driven by the

  love of wisdom
• To love wisdom is to

  have an insatiable desire for truth
• A philosopher does not seek knowledge to

  claim ownership of it
• He seeks to continue to question, to probe, and to discuss in order to get to the bottom of things.

  philosophers
• The philosopher who exemplified this perspective was

  Socrates
• He gained fame for his curiosity and his constant debates with many of the intellectual elite in Greece.

  Socrates
• is famous for having said "I know that I do not know..." and it is in accepting this state of ignorance that one can begin to learn and understand.

  Socrates
• By expanding our knowledge through philosophy, we begin to realize that learning is

  unceasing
• is also recognized for his motto: "The unexamined life is not worth living."


  Socrates
• Essence of philosophy

  The search for answers to life's questions
• One way of looking at philosophy is to consider it as

  A way of analyzing framework
• Is defined as a way of thinking about the worldand is composed of the views and beliefs of a person

  Framework
• Questions dealing with our own correctness and values are considered _ which can be addressed using our ownpersonal frameworks.

  Internal Questions
• Seek to question the very frameworks upon which people base thier own beliefs and views

  External questions
• Philosophy can be also be thought of as

  An examination of a particular area of knowledge
• Can also be thought of as an examination of a particular area of knowledge

  Philosophy
• Deals with beauty and what makes things "beautiful"

  Aesthetics
• Deals with correct reasoning

  Logic