Long Test

• Philosophy

  • The study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, and reason.
• Philosophy - Greek, by way of Latin, philosphia, “love of wisdom”
• Philosophy logical body structure

  1. brain as the main source of intellect
  2. heart in the middle to be tamed by reason
• • Metaphysics
  • What is reality?
  • How does it work
• • Epistemology
  • What is knowledge?
  • How does it work?
• • Logic
  • What is truth?
  • How does it work?
• • Ethics
  • What are values?
  • How does it work?
• • Aesthetics
  • What is beauty?
  • How does it work?
• • Politics
  • What is the best way to govern?
• • Philosophical Inquiry
  • A method geared towards arriving at a clear meaning of common human issues in everyday life
• • Logic
  • The science and art of correct thinking. 
  • In logic, an argument is composed of premises and a conclusion
• • In logic, an argument is composed of premises and a conclusion.  
• • Premise
  • An assumption that something is true
  • Example: If A is B and B is C then A is C.
• • Conclusion
  • A claim that has been reached through the process of reasoning and is justified by preceding premises.
• • Ethics or Moral Philosophy
  • A branch of philosophy which deals with moral standards, inquires about the rightness or wrongness of human behavior or the goodness or badness of personality, trait or character.
• • Ethics or Moral Philosophy
  • deals with ideas, with topics such as moral standards or norms of morality, conscience, moral values, and virtues. 
• • Ethics or Moral Philosophy
  • A branch of philosophy which deals with moral standards, inquires about the rightness or wrongness of human behavior or the goodness or badness of personality, trait or character.
  • deals with ideas, with topics such as moral standards or norms of morality, conscience, moral values, and virtues. 
  • It is a study of the morality of human acts and moral agents, what makes an act obligatory and what makes a person accountable
• • Ethics or Moral Philosophy
  • It is a study of the morality of human acts and moral agents, what makes an act obligatory and what makes a person accountable
• • Ethics or Moral Philosophy
  • It is about the application of philosophy; about doing the right thing; determining what those right things are, in a way that benefits the individual and society at large in a fair, just, and kind manner