The study of humans and the world by thinking and asking questions
Pythagoras: 'Philosophy means lovers of gain, lovers of honor and lovers of knowledge and wisdom'
Philosophy is the study of humans and the world by thinking and asking questions
Holistic thinking
The ability to see things as a whole (or holistically), to understand and predict the many different types of relationships between the many elements in a complex system, and also perceive the whole picture through sensing its large-scale patterns
Partial thinking
Focuses on specific aspects of a situation. The partial view is an important component of analytical thinking, as an individual that focuses on certain areas or aspects of a problem in order to understand it
Siddhartha (Herman Hesse): 'When some is seeking.... It happens quite easy that he only sees the thing that he is seeking. That he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything, because he is only thinking of the thing, he is seeking, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed with his goal'
Roque Ferriols (Filipino philosopher): 'Like all activities, philosophizing is something which is easier to do than to define'
Method
A careful or organized way of doing something
Philosophizing
A process of thinking or expressing oneself in a philosophical manner
Inductive Reasoning
Moves from specific premises to a general conclusion
Deductive Reasoning
Moves from general premises to a more specific conclusion
Alienation
Withdrawal or separation from something
Individuals live in a fourfold condition of alienation: from God, from nature, from other people, and from our own "true" selves
Existentialism
The importance of free individual choice regardless of the power of the people to influence desires, beliefs, and decisions
Phenomenology
A careful inspection and description of phenomena or appearance
Phenomena can be defined as "observable events that occur in a natural or designed system"
Analytical Tradition
Based on the belief that a statement is meaningful only if it's proven true or false through experimentation
