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3. What is Philosophy?
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• The Ancient Greek word “philosophia”
was probably coined by Pythagoras
and literally means "love of wisdom" or
"friend of wisdom".
• Philosophy isthe study of the general
and fundamental nature of reality,
existence, knowledge, values, reason,
mind, and language.
(Source: Wikipedia)
5. Some Philosophical questions
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• What isgood?
• What isbeauty?
• Do we have free will?
• Does the world around us exist?
• What isa person?
• What istruth?
• What isevil?
• What isthe relationship between mind and body?
• What isscience?
• Does God exist?
• What isphilosophy?
• What islove?
7. Branches in Philosophy
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• Philosophy, like most academic fields,
actually consists of several main branches.
• These branches themselves have sub-
branches and can become very
specialized as one progresses through
the field of study.
Metaphysics
Logic.
Epistemology
Axiology
Philosophy
8. Metaphysics
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• Metaphysics isthe study of the
most general features of reality,
such as existence, time, the
relationship between mind and
body, objects and their properties,
wholes and their parts, events,
processes, and causation.
9. Metaphysics (cont.)
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• Metaphysics issometimes split up
into
o Ontology
• T
he philosophy of real life and living things
o T
he philosophy of mind
o T
he philosophy of religion
• But these sub-branches are very
close together.
10. Metaphysics (cont.)
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• Typical questions of interest
o What isreality?
o Isthere anything very special about being a human
being or being alive at all?
o What isspace?
o What istime?
o What isa mind?
o What isa body?
o What isconsciousness?
o Do people have souls?
o Isthere a God who created the Universe?
11. Epistemology
• Epistemology isconcerned withthe natureand scope of
knowledge, such asthe relationshipsbetween truth,belief,
perception and theoriesof justification.
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12. Epistemology (cont.)
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• Typical questions of interest
o What isknowledge?
o How can we know anything?
o What isscience?
o What istruth?
14. Logic (cont.)
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• Typical questions of interest
o How can we reason correctly?
o How does the truth of an argument's premise
affect the truth of its conclusion?
o What do the words we use mean?
o How can we say things (especially ideas) in a way
that only has one meaning?
15. Axiology (Study of values)
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• Ethics
o Studies questions of how we should act.
• Aesthetics
o Studies questions about art and beauty
• Social/Political Philosophy
o Studies questions of which political and/or
economic institutions are most fair and just
16. Axiology (cont.)
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• Typical questions of interest
o What has value?
o Istime really money? or have we made it so?
o Does love, beauty, or justice hold any value?
19. Philosophy vs. Science
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• Philosopherslike to start with their
conclusions, and work to prove
them
• The primary tool of science is
actual experimentation
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22. "We are what we repeatedly
do. Excellence, then, isnot
an act, but a habit."
~Aristotle.
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