PHILOSOPHY

• Holistic Perspective


  Looks at all aspects of the given problem or situation
• Partial Perspective


  Looks at only a limited number of aspects of the given problem or situation
• Perspective is a Latin word meaning “look through”, “perceive”
• Perspective


  A point of view or the way you interpret the meaning of an image or an event
• Kinds of perspective


  • Holistic
  • Partial
• Holistic perspective


  • All aspects are given importance when making conclusions
  • All aspects are tied in together to form a general overview of the problem or situation
• Partial perspective


  • Conclusions are made based on considering some but not all sides of the problem or situation
• Holistic perspectives allow us to see the connectedness of parts to see a meaningful whole
• Holistic view involves looking with the mind what we “see” with our senses
• One must learn to “look beyond” what is immediately before them
• Having a glimpse of the whole allows us to see the meaning of the activities that we do every day, from rising to sleeping
• Six blind men of Indostan each had a different perspective of the elephant
• Six blind men: '“God bless me! But the elephant is very like a WALL!”'
• Six blind men: '“To me ‘tis mighty clear this wonderful of an elephant is very like a SPEAR!”'
• Six blind men: '“I see,” qouth he, “the elephant is very like a SNAKE!”'
• Six blind men: '“Tis clear enough the elephant is very like a TREE!”'
• Six blind men: '“This marvel of an elephant is very like a FAN!”'
• Six blind men: '“I see,” qouth he, “the elephant is very like a ROPE!”'
• Each blind man disputed loud and long, each in his own opinion, exceeding stiff and strong, though each was partly in the right, and all were in the wrong!
• The term "philosophy" comes from the Greek word philosophia, which means love of wisdom.
• Philosophers are people who seek to understand fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
• Metaphysics is concerned with understanding the nature of reality beyond what can be perceived by our senses.
• Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of reality beyond physical matter.
• Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope of human knowledge.
• Axiology explores the nature of value and morality.
• There are different branches or fields within philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, and more.
• Epistemology deals with how we acquire knowledge and its validity.
• Metaphysics deals with questions about the nature of reality beyond what can be observed or experienced directly.
• Logic studies reasoning and argumentation.
• Epistemology explores how we acquire knowledge and what constitutes valid knowledge.
• Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and scope of human knowledge.
• Logic is the systematic study of reasoning and argumentation.
• Axiology is the branch of philosophy that studies value judgments and moral principles.
• Axioms are statements or principles that are accepted as true without proof.
• Political Philosophy deals with issues related to government, power, justice, rights, and democracy.
• Logic is the branch of philosophy that investigates the laws governing thought and reasoning.
• Logic deals with reasoning and argumentation.
• Dialectical logic involves dialogue between two opposing viewpoints.
• Cosmology studies the origins and structure of the universe.
• Political philosophy focuses on issues related to government and politics.