Activity 2

Activity Title: Why is questioning part of our being human?

Learning Target/s: To articulate the importance of questioning to your life as a human being

Jovellanos, Joseph. A Philosophical Journey Towards Self-Understanding. Dagupan City: SLA

References: Publishing House, 2009.

Concept notes

Activity 3

Activity Title: Why is questioning part of our being human?

Learning To express in their own words in English or Filipino the story in Chapters 2 and 3 of the Little
Target/s: Prince
To express the importance of the act of questioning as expressed in wondering in relation to the
story

De Saint-Exuperry, Antoine. The Little Prince. Quezon City: GMS Publishing Corporation, 1943.
References: Bertrand Russell. The Problems of Philosophy. VA, USA: Wilder Publications LSS, 2008.

Review of Previous Topic (5 minutes)

The Facilitator will tell the students to do the activity in the review section of the activity sheet:
 Question: “What topic last meeting captured you most and why?” Answer this in not
more
than five (5) sentences.

Copying of Concept Notes (10 minutes)

The Facilitator will write the following concept notes on the board or on manila paper for the students to
copy. The Facilitator will check attendance while students are writing on their activity sheets.

The importance of wondering, which is expressed through questioning, in philosophy may be captured by the
following line from Bertrand Russell in his book entitled The Problems of Philosophy.

According to Bertrand Russell, “philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its
questions since no definite answers can, as a rule, be known to be true, but rather for the sake of the questions
themselves; because these questions enlarge our conception of what is possible, enrich our intellectual
imagination and diminish the dogmatic assurance which closes the mind against speculation.”

Activity 4

Activity Title: Why is questioning part of our being human?

Learning Target/s: To design the figure demanded by their act of questioning or wondering
To articulate the result of the act of questioning or wondering

Fetizanan, Lysander and Gajete, Nestor. Who Art Thou: A Philosophical Study of Man.
References: Quezon City: Great Books Trading, 2003.

Review of Previous Topic (5 minutes)

The Facilitator will tell the students to do the activity in the review section of the activity sheet:

Question: “What are the two things being shown by a question to ourselves?”
Answer: We want to know.
We do not know.

Copying of Concept Notes (10 minutes)

The Facilitator will write the following concept notes on the board or on manila paper for the students to
copy. The Facilitator will check attendance while students are writing on their activity sheets.

The following lines reinforce the importance of questioning or wondering to the human being:

According to Roque Feriols, “Sa pagtatanung, meron bang natututunan o namumulatan ang tao? Sa ganang
akin ay meron. Namumulat siya sa kaalaman na mulat sa sariling katangahan.”

According to Socrates, “I know that I do not know. Hence, know yourself for the unexamined life is not worth
living for a human being.” Running away from your true self and failing to live up to the real essence and
nature of your being may lead to dissatisfaction, failure, and may even result in an unproductive life. Thus,
before taking further steps, look at yourself; face your identity, and examine your ability to make your every
action and ambition a reality.
Activity 5

Activity Title: Are we only bodies?

Learning Target/s: To articulate their stand or position on the woman’s right over her body
To formulate ways on how they will take care of themselves in accordance with their stand or
position on their composition

Jovellanos, Joseph. A Philosophical Journey Towards Self-Understanding. Dagupan City: SLA

Publishing House, 2009.
Agapay, Ramon. Ethics and The Filipino: A Manual on Morals for Students and Educators.
References: Mandaluyong City: National Book Store, 1991.

Review of Previous Topic (5 minutes)

The Facilitator will tell the students to do the activity in the review section of the activity sheet:

Question: “For Bertrand Russell, what is the importance of questions in studying

philosophy?” Answer this briefly in not more than five (5) sentences.

Answer: Questions enlarges our minds for other possibilities. They free us from
dogmatic and blind acceptance of teachings from society.

Copying of Concept Notes (10 minutes)

The Facilitator will write the following concept notes on the board or on manila paper for the students to
copy. The Facilitator will check attendance while students are writing on their activity sheets.

For some time, philosophers have been wondering as to whether we are simply bodies, or souls, or bodies and
souls.

For Plato, we are simply souls and he defined the soul as the self-initiating motion or the source of motion.

In the mind of Aristotle, we are body and soul and he defined the soul as the principle of life or the giver of
life.