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DEFINITIONS
of PHILOSOPHY
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DEFINITIONS
of PHILOSOPHY
ETYMOLOGY:
ENGLISH = PHILOSOPHIE,
OLD FRENCH =PHILOSOPHIA,
GREEK = PHILOSOPHI,
ARAB = FALSAFAH
WHAT IS
THE PHILOSOPHY ?
PHILOSOPHIA
PHILOS (♥)
PHILIA
(FRIENDSHIP)
SOPHOS
(WISDOM)
☻: ♥ER OF WISDOM
PHILOSOPHY IS MOTHER
OF THE COMMON SENSE
MORE
ABOUT PHILOSOPHY
LOVE AND PURSUIT OF
WISDOM BY INTELLECTUAL
MEANS AND MORAL SELFDISCIPLINE.
INVESTIGATION OF THE
NATURE, CAUSES, OR
PRINCIPLES OF REALITY,
KNOWLEDGE, OR VALUES,
BASED ON LOGICAL
REASONING RATHER THAN
EMPIRICAL METHODS.
MORE AND MORE
ABOUT PHILOSOPHY
THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF
FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS
OR BELIEFS.
THE DISCIPLINES PRESENTED
IN UNIVERSITY CURRICULUMS
OF SCIENCE AND THE LIBERAL
ARTS, EXCEPT MEDICINE, LAW,
AND THEOLOGY.
MORE
SPECIFICALLY
PHILOSOPHY IS
A THOUGHTFUL EXAMINATION OF
REALITY, ESPECIALLY
PROBLEMS INVOLVING IDEALS,
TRUTH, REASON , DISCOURSE,
AND DUTY, ACCOMPANIED BY AN
ATTEMPT TO PUT FIRST THINGS
FIRST AND EXPOSE ILLUSION.
HOW DO WE
PHILOSOPHIZE ?
PHILOSOPHERS ARE
MOTIVATED BY SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS SUCH AS:
WHAT IS TRUTH?
HOW OR WHY DO WE IDENTIFY
A STATEMENT AS CORRECT OR
FALSE, AND HOW DO WE
REASON?
WHAT IS WISDOM?
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF
PHILOSOPHER
IS THERE A DFFERENCE
BETWEEN MORALLY RIGHT
AND WRONG ACTIONS?
IF SO, WHAT IS THAT
DIFFERENCE? WHICH
ACTIONS ARE RIGHT, AND
WHICH WRONG?
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF
PHILOSOPHER
ARE VALUES ABSOLUTE, OR
RELATIVE?
IN GENERAL OR PARTICULAR
TERMS, HOW SHOULD I LIVE?
HOW IS RIGHT AND WRONG
DEFINED ?
ETC
BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY
1. LOGICAL,
2. EPISTEMOLOGICAL,
3. CRITICAL OF SCIENCE
4. ONTOLOGY
5. METAPHYSICAL,
6. COSMOLOGY
7. ANTHROPOLOGY
8. ETHICAL
9. ESTHETIC RESPECTIVELY.
10. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
(PAGE 2 -4)
SUBJECTS OF
PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY
THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY
SUBJECTS OF PHILOSOPHICAL
INQUIRY, AND THERE ARE MANY
OVERLAPS BETWEEN THE
CATEGORIES WHICH ARE
SUBSUMED WITHIN THE
DISCIPLINE UNDER THE FOUR
MAJOR HEADINGS OF, LOGICAL,
ONTOLOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY, AND
AXIOLOGY. (PAGE 2 )
THE MAJOR HEADINGS
THIS BOOK IS DESTINED FOR
BEGINER. IN CHAPTER 2 TO
10 WILL BE OBSERVE
PHILOSOPHY FROM THE
MAJOR HEADINGS:
ASPECT ONTOLOGY
ASPECT EPISTEMOLOGY
ASPECT AXIOLOGY
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