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MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
DISTINGUISH A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE FROM A
PARTIAL POINT OF VIEW
PPT11/12-IA-1.1
• Understanding a philosophy as a concept and as a process
• To be able to apply and use these approaches in dealing with problems in
everyday life.
THE MEANING AND METHOD OF
PHILOSOPHY
 THE WORD PHILOSOPHY COMES FROM TWO GREEK
WORDS: PHILOS (LOVE) AND SOPHIA (WISDOM). THE
ANCIENT GREEKS USED THIS TERM TO REFER TO “LOVE OF
WISDOM” AND THEY SOON APPLIED IT TO THE STUDY OR
DISCIPLINE THAT USES HUMAN REASON TO INVESTIGATE
THE ULTIMATE CAUSES, REASONS, AND PRINCIPLES WHICH
GOVERN ALL THINGS. PHILOSOPHY IS THE STUDY OF
GENERAL AND FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS ABOUT
EXISTENCE, KNOWLEDGE, VALUES, REASON, MIND, AND
LANGUAGE.
 PHILOSOPHY IN SIMPLE WORDS IS A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT
THE WORLD, THE UNIVERSE, AND SOCIETY. IT WORKS BY
ASKING VERY BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF
HUMAN THOUGHT, THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE, AND THE
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THEM. THE IDEAS IN PHILOSOPHY ARE
OFTEN GENERAL AND ABSTRACT.
PHILOSOPHY IS THE STUDY OF HUMANS AND THE WORLD BY
THINKING AND ASKING QUESTIONS. IT IS A SCIENCE AND AN
ART. PHILOSOPHY TRIES TO ANSWER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
BY COMING UP WITH ANSWERS ABOUT REAL THINGS AND
ASKING "WHY?
• Philosophy is an activity people undertake when they
seek to understand fundamental truths about
themselves, the world in which they live, and their
relationships to the world and to each other. As an
academic discipline philosophy is much the same.
PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENTS
HE WAS CALLED AS THE FATHER OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
DURING HIS TIME.
• Philosophy traces its roots
in Ancient Greece in the 6th
Century BCE. Traditions
had it that the word
Philosophy was first coined
by Pythagoras, a Greek
mathematician. He used
this term to classify three
classes of people who
attended the ancient
Olympic Games as lovers of
gain, lovers of honor; and
lovers of knowledge or
wisdom (Caraan 2016, 2).
HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE VS PARTIAL POINT OF VIEW
HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE VS PARTIAL POINT OF VIEW
Philosophy means “love of wisdom” is a science where reason and logic are
used to understand reality and answer questions of knowledge, morality and
human nature.
Holistic thinking refers to a perspective that considers large-scale patterns in
systems. A holistic perspective requires an individual to have an open mindset
and ability to get the general sense or impression regarding a situation.
Partial thinking focuses on specific aspects of a situation. The partial view is an
important component of analytical thinking, as an individual focuses on certain
areas or aspects of a problem in order to understand it.
THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT
• A group of blind men heard that a strange animal, called an
elephant, had been brought to the town, but none of them were
aware of its shape and form. Out of curiosity, they said: "We must
inspect and know it by touch, of which we are capable". So, they
sought it out, and when they found it they groped about it. The first
person, whose hand landed on the trunk, said, "This being is like a
thick snake". For another one whose hand reached its ear, it seemed
like a kind of fan. As for another person, whose hand was upon its
leg, said, the elephant is a pillar like a tree-trunk. The blind man who
placed his hand upon its side said the elephant, "is a wall". Another
who felt its tail, described it as a rope. The last felt its tusk, stating
the elephant is that which is hard, smooth and like a spear.
APPLICATION
• Did anyone among the blind men give the correct answer?
Why? Or Why not?
• In the context of the elephant story, what do you think is the
holistic perspective? What is a partial point of view?
• For you, what is the moral of the blind men and the
elephant?
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-PHILO-PPT-WK-I-QI.pptx

  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3. MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES: DISTINGUISH A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE FROM A PARTIAL POINT OF VIEW PPT11/12-IA-1.1 • Understanding a philosophy as a concept and as a process • To be able to apply and use these approaches in dealing with problems in everyday life.
  • 4. THE MEANING AND METHOD OF PHILOSOPHY
  • 5.  THE WORD PHILOSOPHY COMES FROM TWO GREEK WORDS: PHILOS (LOVE) AND SOPHIA (WISDOM). THE ANCIENT GREEKS USED THIS TERM TO REFER TO “LOVE OF WISDOM” AND THEY SOON APPLIED IT TO THE STUDY OR DISCIPLINE THAT USES HUMAN REASON TO INVESTIGATE THE ULTIMATE CAUSES, REASONS, AND PRINCIPLES WHICH GOVERN ALL THINGS. PHILOSOPHY IS THE STUDY OF GENERAL AND FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS ABOUT EXISTENCE, KNOWLEDGE, VALUES, REASON, MIND, AND LANGUAGE.
  • 6.  PHILOSOPHY IN SIMPLE WORDS IS A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THE WORLD, THE UNIVERSE, AND SOCIETY. IT WORKS BY ASKING VERY BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF HUMAN THOUGHT, THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE, AND THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THEM. THE IDEAS IN PHILOSOPHY ARE OFTEN GENERAL AND ABSTRACT. PHILOSOPHY IS THE STUDY OF HUMANS AND THE WORLD BY THINKING AND ASKING QUESTIONS. IT IS A SCIENCE AND AN ART. PHILOSOPHY TRIES TO ANSWER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS BY COMING UP WITH ANSWERS ABOUT REAL THINGS AND ASKING "WHY?
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9. • Philosophy is an activity people undertake when they seek to understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to the world and to each other. As an academic discipline philosophy is much the same.
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 13. HE WAS CALLED AS THE FATHER OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY DURING HIS TIME.
  • 14. • Philosophy traces its roots in Ancient Greece in the 6th Century BCE. Traditions had it that the word Philosophy was first coined by Pythagoras, a Greek mathematician. He used this term to classify three classes of people who attended the ancient Olympic Games as lovers of gain, lovers of honor; and lovers of knowledge or wisdom (Caraan 2016, 2).
  • 15. HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE VS PARTIAL POINT OF VIEW
  • 16. HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE VS PARTIAL POINT OF VIEW Philosophy means “love of wisdom” is a science where reason and logic are used to understand reality and answer questions of knowledge, morality and human nature. Holistic thinking refers to a perspective that considers large-scale patterns in systems. A holistic perspective requires an individual to have an open mindset and ability to get the general sense or impression regarding a situation. Partial thinking focuses on specific aspects of a situation. The partial view is an important component of analytical thinking, as an individual focuses on certain areas or aspects of a problem in order to understand it.
  • 17.
  • 18. THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT
  • 19. • A group of blind men heard that a strange animal, called an elephant, had been brought to the town, but none of them were aware of its shape and form. Out of curiosity, they said: "We must inspect and know it by touch, of which we are capable". So, they sought it out, and when they found it they groped about it. The first person, whose hand landed on the trunk, said, "This being is like a thick snake". For another one whose hand reached its ear, it seemed like a kind of fan. As for another person, whose hand was upon its leg, said, the elephant is a pillar like a tree-trunk. The blind man who placed his hand upon its side said the elephant, "is a wall". Another who felt its tail, described it as a rope. The last felt its tusk, stating the elephant is that which is hard, smooth and like a spear.
  • 20. APPLICATION • Did anyone among the blind men give the correct answer? Why? Or Why not? • In the context of the elephant story, what do you think is the holistic perspective? What is a partial point of view? • For you, what is the moral of the blind men and the elephant?

Editor's Notes

  1. Why is it that he was called as the Father of western Philosophy, Because He founded the concept of Philosophy way before Pythagoras coined/named Philosophy