Understanding Reality

in a Bigger Picture
In our existence, we’ve asked several
questions

Questions are asked because we’re

looking for answers

We are looking for answers because we

have a desire to know

To know something leads us to more

questions and give us the desire to
know more
Plato, one of the best philosophers who ever lived, claimed that philosophy
begins in WONDER.
• Wonder is the beginning for it stimulates us to venture into philosophy.
• Our wondering is directed toward analogy and the relationship of things.
• We are wondering about a more enduring questions.
 • are open to examination, further questioning and enquiry;
• can't be answered by appealing only to scientific investigation or sense experience;
• are questions about meaning, truth, value, knowledge and reality;
• do not have ready or definite answers.

Philosophy •

•
they are questions that matter to us for they reflect our desire to understand or at least make sense of
our experiences.
when we ponder on a philosophical question, we are engaged in a philosophical reflection.
• always contains a bigger problem.
• allows us the freedom to ask even those questions that others believe to already have a definite answer.
• does not dictate conclusive or final answers to philosophical questions.
• goes beyond questions of fact and of what is practical.
• challenges over assumptions and preconceived notions.
 “Pilosopo”
• has a negative meaning in our society.
It usually connotes poor reasoning or
faulty reasoning.
• Contrary to the real meaning of
philosophy which is love of wisdom.
• erroneous kind of reasoning is called
fallacy
• They are studied because to have skill
in argumentation, one also has to be
mindful of arguments that are meant to
deceive.
• The "Pilosopo" in this sense is indeed
a danger to philosophy.
• The solution to philosophical questions is to ask them.
• The search for wisdom only begins the moment we ask questions.
 People can clarify what they are believing

We can be stimulated to think of ultimate questions

Importance Philosophy promises us better understanding of ourselves

of It enables us to think carefully and clearly about important

issues
Philosophy It sharpens our analytical abilities, enabling to identify and
evaluate the strengths and weaknesses in any position

It hones our ability to construct and articulate logical

arguments of our own