Philosophy
AN INTRODUCTION
A murderer is sentenced into death. He has
to choose between three rooms. The first
room is full of furious flame. The second is
full of murderers with loaded guns. And
there are lions in the third room who had
not been fed for years. Which room is the
safest?
What questions about
your life are you
struggling to find
answers to?
“An unexamined life
is not worth living.”
PHILOSOPHY
• The word philosophy is derived from
philosophia which is a combination of the
Greek terms philos (love) Sophia (wisdom).
• Thus, philosophy means “love of wisdom”.
BRANCHES
OF
PHILOSOPHY
1. Metaphysics
2. Epistemology
3. Ethics
4. Aesthetics
5. Logic
METAPHYSICS
• It is a branch of philosophy
that
deals
with
examination of existence.
the
METAPHYSICS
1. What is the meaning of life?
2.What is the purpose of life?
3.Does God exist?
EPISTEMOLOGY
• is the study of human knowledge and the
conditions that make knowledge possible.
EPISTEMOLOGY
1. How do we know?
2.What is knowledge?
3.What do people know?
ETHICS
• explores the nature of moral virtue and
evaluates human actions.
• it is generally a study of the nature of
moral judgement.
ETHICS
1. What I ought to do?
2.What are human rights?
AESTHETICS
• it is a branch of philosophy that
delves into art.
• Includes what art is and the purpose
behind it.
AESTHETICS
1. Why does art matter?
2.What makes art different from
non-art?
LOGIC
• is the study of the methods and
principles used to distinguish
correct reasoning from incorrect
reasoning.
LOGIC
1. How do we distinguish between
valid and invalid arguments?
2. What is the role of logic in
reasoning and argumentation?