Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

Quarter 1 – Module 2: Methods of Philosophizing

Katrina Jhorelle Tilles Grade 12 - Cassiopeia

ACTIVITY 1: INQUIRE AND DISCOVER

2. Plato's allegory of the cave explores how people perceive reality. Plato

used this allegory to talk on the deceiving appearances of things in the real
world. According to the story, a prisoner was freed, and when he discovered
the outside world, he returned to the cave and told others about his discovery.
Regrettably, they refused to be set free. Plato's suggestion for us humans to
consider on the nature of belief versus knowledge. The prisoners felt that if
they attempted to leave the cave, they would be harmed, demonstrating their
fear of the reality.

3. There are times in our lives when we don't believe something unless we
see it. They, like the convicts in the cave, do not trust the freed prisoner since
they have not witnessed what he has told them. The prisoners are like us; we
desire to shut ourselves up in places we believe will not harm us without
realizing it is wrong.

ACTIVITY 2: EMPIRICISTS VS. RATIONALISTS

Empiricists Rationalists

Rationalism is Empiricism is
the viewpoint Rationalism and the viewpoint
empiricism are that knowledge
that knowledge
schools of thought
mostly comes that search for
mostly comes
from intellectual meaning in our from using your
reasoning. existence. Each of senses to
these philosophies observe the
quest for the truth world.
in our life by
promoting skeptic
ism, or a doubt
that the other
ideas are true.
ACTIVITY 3: THEORIES OF TRUTH (CRITICAL THINKING)

1. Correspondence
2. Coherent
3. Correspondence
4. Pragmatic
5. Pragmatic
6. Correspondence
7. Pragmatic
8. Coherent
9. Coherent
10. Correspondence

ACTIVITY 4:

1. You can assess the words and statement uttered in the article, tv and radio
by using the different theories of truth and using the sense of perception.

2. The claims can be deemed true if the ideas are accurately, verifiable, and,
in principle, exact conformance to what is observed in their actual status and
relationships; and it deals with the consistency of claimed truth statements.