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• Doing philosophy


  Developing and demonstrating your critical understanding of, and interaction with, the issues in question
• Doing philosophy involves


  1. Unearthing and examining hidden assumptions

  2. Detecting conceptual confusions and clarifying them

  3. Revealing and resolving contradictions

  4. Interpretation and analysis

  5. Critical assessment of arguments

  6. Fluent application of philosophical concepts, in addressing a philosophical problem

  7. Creatively developing and pursuing a new approach to the puzzling issue
• Philosophy


  Love of wisdom
• Philosophy


  The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline
• Philosophy


  • Science that by the natural light of reason studies the first causes or highest principles of all things
• Principles of philosophy


  • Principle of Identity
  • Principle of Non-Contradiction
  • Principle of Excluded Middle
  • Principle of Sufficient Reason
• Main goal of philosophy

  Discovering the nature of truth and the search for knowledge
• Importance of philosophy


  • People can clarify what they believe
  • We can be stimulated to think of the ultimate question
  • Philosophy promises us a better understanding of ourselves
  • The study of philosophy enables us to think carefully and clearly about important issues
  • It hones your ability to construct and articulate cogent arguments of your own
• Branches of philosophy


  • Metaphysics
  • Epistemology
  • Logic
  • Axiology
  • Ethics
  • Aesthetics
  • Politics
• Metaphysics


  Studies reality and existence
• Epistemology


  Deals with nature, sources, limitations, and validity of knowledge
• Logic


  Studies reasoning
• Axiology


  Studies morality and aesthetics
• Politics


  Examines various concepts related to politics
• Differences between Western and Eastern philosophy

  • Western philosophy emphasises reason, experience, and scientific methods of thinking
  • Eastern philosophy emphasises unity, balance, and harmony. "Everything is connected."
  • Western philosophy tests ideas based on arguments
  • Eastern philosophy looks into groups, society, people's actions, and thoughts to find meaning in life
• Dimensions of Filipino philosophy

  • Loob - show sharing of oneself with others
  • Kagandahang-Loob
  • Kabutihang-Loob
  • Kalooban
• Filipino philosophy of time

  Filipino Time - mistakenly interpreted as always delayed in the committed time
• Bahala Na


  Leaving everything to God or chance
• Abundance is not what we gather but what we scatter
• Abundance is not what we keep but what we give away
• Abundance is not what we hold but what we share
• Abundance is a choice