This document discusses pursuing wisdom and facing challenges in the 21st century. It outlines objectives for a group related to distinguishing holistic and partial perspectives, recognizing activities from reflection, realizing the value of philosophy, and appreciating indigenous thoughts. It then introduces philosophy and discusses its meaning as the love of wisdom. It explains philosophy studies all things through natural reason and investigates first causes. The document also outlines the branches of philosophy including metaphysics, ethics, epistemology, logic, and aesthetics.

1. PURSUING WISDOM
AND FACING
CHALLENGES IN THE
TWENTY- FIRST
CENTURY
GROUP 1

2. OBJECTIVES
TO DISTINGUISH A HOLISTIC
PERSPECTIVE FROM A PARTIAL POINT
OF VIEW
01
TO RECOGNIZE HUMAN ACTIVITIES
THAT EMANATED FROM DELIBERATE
REFLECTION
02
TO REALIZE THE VALUE OF DOING
PHILOSOPHY IN OBTAINING A BROAD
PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE.
03
TO DO A PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION
ON A CONCRETE SITUATION FROM A
HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE.
04
TO APPRECIATE FILIPINO INDIGENOUS
THOUGHTS.
05

3. One of the key elements in many
educational reforms is diversity.
Diversity is the difference that makes
each person unique. ( biology, ethnicity,
and culture, family life, beliefs,
geography ,experiences, and religion)
INTRODUCTION OF
PHILOSOPHY

4. THE MEANING OF
PHILOSOPHY
The word philosophy comes
from the greek words,
Philo- meaning to LOVE and
Sophia- m.eaning WISDOM
Philosophy originally meant, love
of wisdom, and in a broad sense,
wisdom is still the goal of
philosophy.
Philosophy is also defined as the
science that by natural light of
reason studies the first causes
and highest principle of all things.

5. FOUR THINGS TO
CONSIDER
A. SCIENCE B. NATURAL LIGHT OF
REASON
C. STUDY OF ALL
THINGS
D. FIRST CAUSES OR
HIGHEST PRINCIPLE

6. SCIENCE
IT IS CALLED SCIENCE
BECAUSE THE
INVESTIGATION IS
SYSTEMATIC, IT
FOLLOWS CERTAIN
STEPS, OR IT EMPLOYS
CERTAIN PROCEDURES.

7. NATURAL
LIGHT OF
REASON
PHILOSOPHY INVESTIGATES
THINGS, NOT BY USING ANY
OTHER LABORATORY
INSTRUMENTS OR
INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS.
NEITHER ON THE BASIS OF
SUPERNATURAL. INSTEAD
THE PHILOSOPHER USES HIS
NATURAL CAPACITY TO
THINK OR SIMPLY HUMAN
REASON ALONE CALLED
UNAIDED REASON.

8. STUDY
OF ALL
THINGS
A PHILOSOPHER STUDIES
HUMAN BEINGS, SOCIETY,
RELIGION, LANGUAGE, GOD
AND PLANTS. THE REASON
IS THE PHILOSOPHY NOT
DIMENSIONAL OR PARTIAL.
THE PHILOSOPHER THAT
NOT LIMIT HIMSELF TO A
PARTICULAR OF OBJECT

9. FIRST
CAUSES
OR
HIGHEST
PRINCIPLE
A. PRINCIPLE OF IDENTITY –WHAT
EVER IT IS; AND WHAT EVER IS
NOT. EVERYTHING IS WHAT IS.
B. PRINCIPLE OF NON-
CONTRADICTION- ITIS
IMPOSSIBLEFOR A THING TO BE
AND NOT TO BE AT THE SAME
TIME,AND AT THE SAME RESPECT.
C. PRINCIPLE OF EXCLUDED
MIDDLE- THE THING IS EITHER IS
OR IS NOT.
D. PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT
REASON- NOTHING EXIST
WITHOUT A SUFFICIENT REASON.

10. Early greek philosophers study aspects or natural sciences and human world
that later become separate sciences----astronomy, physics, psychology, and
sociology. On the other hand, certain basic problems--- the nature of the
universe, the standard of justice, the validity of knowledge, the correct
application of reason and the criteria of beauty have been the domain of
philosophy from its beginning s to the present.
Five branches of philosophy---metaphysics,ethics, epistemology,logic and
aesthetics. (to be discussed)
Special branches of Philosophy---philosophy of science,philosophy of
state,philosophy of politics, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of
education, philosophy of law, philosophy of language and others.
·In attaining wisdom, there is a need for emptying. Emptying can be intellectual,
spiritual and also physical.

11. 1.1 RECOGNIZE HUMAN
ACTIVITES THAT EMANATED
FROM DELIBERATE
REFLECTION
HOLISTICPERSPECTIVE-Oneofthegreatestneedsofanyone
seeking“wisdom”isagenuinesympathyandanunderstandingofall
themostdiversepointsofview
PARTIALPERSPECTIVE–Anarrowprovincialismofmind,limitedto
theideasandoutlookofasinglepartyorasingleage.

12. 1.2.1 THE BRANCHES OF
PHILOSOPHY
METHAPHYSICS
ETHICS
EPISTEMOLOGY
LOGIC

13. METHAPHYSICS
-Metaphysics is really only and extension of a fundamental and necessary drive in every human
being to know what is real.
-the metaphysician’s task is to explain that part of our experience, which we call unreal in terms of
what we call real.
- for instance, for Thales, a greek philosopher, everything is water. He claims that everything we
experience is water--- which we call “reality”
-both the idealist and the materialist metaphysical theories are similarly based on unobservable
entities: mind and matter
- Plato, Socrates` most famous student, (is a good example of a metaphysician who draws the
sharpest possible contrast between reality and appearance.) Nothing we experience in the
physical world with our five senses is real, according to Plato.
(REFLECTIONS,MEDITATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT ROCKED THE WORLD: By What
Values Shall I Live In The World? By Plato)

14. ETHICS
·Is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature or moral
virtue and evaluates human actions
·Ethics is generally a study of the nature of moral judgements.
·Philosophy insist that obedience to moral law be given a rational
foundation
(REFLECTIONS, MEDITIATIONS, AND CONVERSATIONS THAT
ROCKED THE WORLD: What Constitutes A Human Person?
PLATO, SOCRATES, ARISTOTLE)
(REFLECTIONS,MEDITIATIONS, AND CONVERSATIONS THAT
ROCKED THE WORLD: How Much Freedom Should We Have?
Who Should Decide?)

15. ·Specifically, epistemology deals with nature, sources,
limitations and validity of knowledge (Soccio 2001
·Epistemology explains:
(1) how we know;what we claim to know
(2) how we can find out what we wish to know; and
(3) how we can differentiate truth from falsehood.
EPISTEMOLOGY

16. 1. On the one hand, he sees,hears, and touches; on the other hand, he organize in his
mind what he learns through the senses.Some philosophers think that the particular
thing seen, heard and touched are more important . They believe that general ideas are
formed from the examination of particular facts. This method is called induction, and
philosphers who feel that knowledge is acquired in this way are called empiricists. (e.g,.
John Locke). Empiricsm is the view that knowledge can be attained through sense
experience.
2. Other philosphers think that it is more important to find a general law according to
which particular facts can be understood or judged. This method is called deduction; its
advocates are called rationalists (e.g,, Rene Descartes)
HOW DO WE ACQUIRE RELIABLE KNOWLEDGE?
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE MAY BE REGARDED AS
HAVING TWO PARTS?

17. LOGIC
·The term “logic” comes from the greek word logike and was coined by Zeno, the Stoic (c.340-265BC)
·Etymologically, it means a treatise on matters pertaining to the human thought.
·Aristotle was the first philosopher to devise a logical method.
·Logical reasoning makes us certain thatb our conclusions are true, and this provides us with accepted
scientific proofs or universally valid proposiitons or statements.
·Since the time of Aristotle the study of lies and fallacies has been considered an integral part of logic.
·Zeno of Citium is one of the successors of Aristotle. He is also the founder of the movement known as
stoicism, derived from the greek stoa poikile (painted porch
·Other more influential authors of logic then are Cierco, Porphyry, and Boethius, in the later Roman
Empire.; the Byzantine Scholar--- Philoponus and Al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes in the arab world.
(REFLECTION, MEDITATIONS, AND CONVERSATIONS THAT ROCKED THE WORLD: Artificial Intelligence)

18. AESTHETICS
·The establishment of criteria of beauty is the
function of aesthetics.
·Aesthetic is the science of the beautiful in its
various manifestations—including sublime,
comic, tragic, pathetic, and ugly.

19. ·It vitalizes our knowledge.
·It helps us more deeply and richly
·It brings us in touch with our culture
-Hans-Georg Gadamer, a german philosopher, argues that our taste
and judgements regarding beauty, work in connection with ones own
personal experience nad culture. That is why a “dialog” or conversation
is important in interpreting works or art. ( white 1991)
According to Gadamer, interpretative and isofar as all interpretation,
involves the exchange between the familiar and thr alien, so all
interpretation is also translative.
Asbranchofphilosophystudentsshouldconsidertheimportanceof
philosophybecauseofthefollowing: