Lesson 1 What is Philosophy? Lesson Overview Welcome to this introductory course in philosophy. For our first lesson‚ we are going to examine the question: What is philosophy? There are 4 ways you can get to know what a discipline is: define it‚ describe it‚ contrast and compare it with other disciplines‚ and finally experience it. In this first lesson‚ we will aim to accomplish the first 3 of these activities. The rest of the course will be an exercise in experiencing philosophy. Tasks
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BS Architecture Olanio‚ Marc Q. BS Architecture Branches of Philosophy Main branches of philosophy Traditionally‚ there are five main branches of philosophy. They are: Metaphysics‚ which deals with the fundamental questions of reality. Epistemology‚ which deals with our concept of knowledge‚ how we learn and what we can know. Logic‚ which studies the rules of valid reasoning and argumentation Ethics‚ or moral philosophy‚ which is concerned with human values and how individuals should act
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The Greek population was increasing and with that new ideas emerged. These ideas developed into new styles used by Greek artists as Greece moves into the Classical period. The classical period was at the height of Greek strength and artists began to touch on any topic‚ be it historical‚ mythological or religious. The Greeks began to feel positive after they defeated Persians who tried to invade and this led to a
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there‚ did not talk of their experience. There are some written accounts of such experiences and from these we get glimpses of the next life. [Corazon Cruz] Philosophy of man is the study of man and its philosophy in life that is subdivided into many branches such us ethics‚ metaphysics natural philosophy etc. PHILOSOPHY came from the Greek word PHILO meaning Love and SOPHIA meaning wisdom‚ French believe that PHILO means friendship rather than Love cause they believe that Love is a state of confusion
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The Romans - Clothing Roman clothes were made of wool‚ spun into cloth by the women of the family. Later on the richer people had slaves to do this work for them. If you could afford to buy clothes‚ you could buy linen‚ cotton or silk‚ which was brought to Rome from other parts of the Empire. Washing clothes was difficult because the Romans did not have washing machines or soap powder. They used either a chemical called sulphur or urine. These are the clothes that Romans wore The Toga This man
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Introduction to Philosophy Thinking about Philosophy Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems. A view that admits no real difference between right and wrong answers and one must think that there are more than just one real answer and/or solution to any given question or problem. “The ancient Greeks‚ who were among the first to practice philosophy‚ coined the term‚ which means “love of wisdom.” Those who study philosophy are called philosophers.” Philosophy consists of a
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PHILOSOPHY greek meaning “love of wisdom”‚ encompassed the love of all wisdom‚ but only in recent centuries came to refer to a special branch of enquiry‚ separate from other sciences‚ such as “natural philosophy”. * is universally defined as “the study of the wisdom or knowledge about the general problems‚ facts‚ and situations connected with human existence‚ values‚ reasons‚ and general reality.” It seeks reasons‚ answers‚ and general explanations to life and its factors. Thus‚ if we talk
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1. What are the main branches of philosophy? Do philosophers have the same answers to the same philosophical questions? Why? Philosophy is a way of thinking about the big questions in life‚ from the existence of men to its morality. It is an activity which sharpens our reason. The word was coined by Greeks ‚ meaning “the love of wisdom”. Philosophy can be divided into six big issues it is interested with. * First‚ the question about the nature of the world and the existence of Men which is
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played a large role in both Greek and Chinese history. The Greeks based their religion primarily around Mythology and philosophy while the Chinese had three main religions: Buddhism‚ Taoism and Confucianism. The Greeks had many different gods that are well known even today such as Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ Athena and Aphrodite. Greek philosophy also played a major role in Greek religious history a few well known Greek philosophers would be Thales‚ Pythagoras and Anaxagoras. Although Greek gods are no longer widely
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“What is Philosophy?” According to the famous Greek philosopher Socrates‚ “The unexamined life is not worth living”. But what does he mean by this? He means that we should look and think through life deeper. Examination of life is more than just a use of common sense. Hard thinking is necessary even though it disturbs. With the use of Philosophy‚ we better understand things and answer the most important questions in existence. Philosophy‚ according to the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle‚ begins
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