ONE’S FUTURE

PROFESSION AND
PHILOSOPHY’S
BRANCHES (PART 2)
Philosophy of Language
a branch of philosophy that attempts “to give philosophically
illuminating descriptions of certain general features of language,
such as reference, truth, meaning, and necessity.”-(John Searle,
Colorado, USA)

Linguistic Philosophy
is the name of philosophical method for solving philosophical
problems by analyzing the language of those problems.
 ……Philosophy of Language

 Mainly engaged in the activity of clarifying the

meanings of our linguistic expressions.

 Can be seen in role it plays in resolving

disagreements or disputes.
 Disagreements may be:
1.) in belief

 Disagreements about facts, which are properly resolved by verifying the facts or
issue.
 Verification can be done by directly observing the facts, examining documents or
appealing to appropriate authorities.

2. in attitude
 Disagreements over preferences, usually resolved by persuasions, if not by compromise.

3. verbal disagreements
 Arise out of misunderstanding of the meanings of our linguistic expressions
 Properly resolved by clarifying the meanings of misunderstood linguistic expressions.
Philosophy of Language
 Disagreement in beliefs and attitudes are genuine and real

Verbal disagreements are not, because it is just thoughts that there

are.

Proper way to do it: (Philosophy of Language)

 Clarifying of meanings of the critical terms involved in
disagreement.

Philosophy of Language
 Philosophy of Science
 Deals with the foundations, methods, and implications
of science.

 Inquiries on: what qualifies as science, the reliability of

scientific theories, and the ultimate purpose of science.

Some issues: The demarcation problem refers to the distinction

between science and nonscience (including pseudoscience);

-Karl Popper called this the central question of philo of science

 Hermeneutics

 a theory, methodology and praxis of interpretation that

is geared towards the recapturing of meaning of a text, or
a text-analogue, that is temporally or culturally distant,
obscured by ideology and false consciousness.

 a.k.a. Philosophy of Interpretation

 Philosophy of
Philosophy of Law
Education
 is concerned with providing a
is the branch of applied or general philosophical analysis
practical philosophy concerned of law and legal institutions.
with the nature and aims of
education and the  investigates the nature of law,
philosophical problems arising especially in its relation to
from educational theory and human values, attitudes,
practice.  practices, and political
communities
 Philosophy and one’s future profession

PHILOSOPHY
 has its roots in the ancient world as philo-  In one’s profession, we can think of this as:
sophia.
“Philosophical thinking underlies out aim
a.) reflecting on theto reality
practiceof the world of
 Wisdom was soughtour by
profession
observinginand
the best one’s
possible
futureway; it helps us
profession;
experiencing the to flourish
whole as future
of reality and, _________.”
b.) using reasoning to examine the concepts;
through reflection and reasoning;
c.) how to use and how to apply the concepts
 seeking to understand human life and in practice.
relationships and how to lead a good and
flourishing life. 
 Philosophy and One’s Future Profession

• Philosophy is important because it is 'a natural extension of our

interest in truth' (Scruton 2005, p. 9).

• That is, it helps us to identify different ways of thinking about our

future profession and different approaches to the practices of our
future profession (Forss et al (2013).
 Philosophy and One’s Future profession

 Philosophy helps us individually and as a profession to identify

explicitly what we think is true about our future profession.

 We know from experience that in good times and in challenging

times, what we think is true about our future profession is what
brings most of us to our practice each day.