Quarter 3 Week 2

Complete the sentences by choosing the correct word from the word box.

Holistic
1. Philosophy means ________________________________________.
Aristotle
2. Principle of _______________________________________ says that everything is its own
Plato

love of wisdom
being, and not being is not being.

Identity
3. ___________________________________ believes that life is full of suffering.

Excluded middle 4. ____________________________ says that reality is all in the mind.

Science 5. ____________________________ suggests that reality is experience by the senses.
Buddhism 6. ____________________________ thinking gives you an overview of the big picture.
1. To identify the different branches of Philosophy
2. To realize the value of doing Philosophy in
obtaining a broad perspective in life.
3. To appreciate Filipino indigenous thoughts
4. To discuss thoughts regarding the importance
of philosophy in daily lives
Characterizing
Philosophy
 How do we characterize the study of Philosophy?

Framework

Framework is a way of thinking about the

world and is composed of the views and
beliefs of a person.

1 Internal Questions

2 External Questions
 Question 1

Give a situation where your framework

changed due to a new experience/new
knowledge presented?
How did it affect you?
 Different Branches of Philosophy

Reality Knowledge

BEING TRUTH
Self
Metaphysics Epistemology
MAN
Human Person

Values
GOODNES
Ethics
Branches of Philosophy

METAPHYSICS
It deals with questions regarding reality and existence.
Idealist and materialist theorize that reality is similarly
based on unobservable entities: mind and matter.
 Aristotle’s Branches of Metaphysics

Ontology It is the science of what is, of the kinds and structures of

objects. It seeks the classification and explanation of
entities.

Natural Theology
It is the study of God, including the nature of religion and
the world, existence of the divine, questions about the
creation, and the various other spiritual issues.

Universal Science It is the study of first principle of logic and reasoning such
as the law of non-contradiction.
 Branches of Philosophy

LOGIC
It deals with correct reasoning. It is not interested in
what we know regarding a certain subject. Its concern,
rather, is the truth or the validity of our arguments
regarding such objects.
Branches of Philosophy

EPISTEMOLOGY
It deals with nature, sources, limitations, and
validity of knowledge.
1. How we know what we claim to know
2. How we can find out what we wish to know
3. How can we differentiate truth from falsehood.
 Question 2

Do you think the study of epistemology

benefits from our current state of
technology?
 Branches of Philosophy

AESTHETIC
It is the science of the beautiful in various
manifestations including the sublime, comic,
tragic, pathetic, and ugly.
 Question 4

Define beauty.
Do you find yourself beautiful?
 Branches of Philosophy

ETHICS
It explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates
human actions. Philosophy attempts to provide an
account of our fundamental ethical ideas.
William Edward Burghardt Du
Bois raised the “problem of the
Negro.” He wanted equal rights
for the black. The blacks must
assert themselves in the African-
American Community.
 Question 3

How much freedom should we have?

Who should decide?
 Attaining a Comprehensive Outlook in Life

1. Filipino Thinking; Local to Global

a Loob: Holistic and Interior
Dimensions

b Filipino Philosophy of Time

c Bahala Na

d Filipino Thoughts and Values

To attain economical and philosophical
superpower, four things are to be
considered (Gripaldo, 2000).

To replace colonial
consciousness with a
nationalist consciousness
thereby doing away with
colonial and crab mentality
b
To create a super industrial
society.

c
To utilize education as the
means of realizing the image
of the future as super
industrial society
d

To choose not just for one’s

self but for all humanity, for
the nation as a whole.
 Attaining a Comprehensive Outlook in Life

2. Transcending and Aiming for life of Abundance

Abundance comes from the Latin term, "abundare" (Aguilar 2010)

meaning, "to overflow nonstop." In Aguilar's The Gift of Abundance,
abundance was given a new spiritual, even Buddhist paradigm.
Abundance is out flowing than incoming. It is not about amassing
material things or people but our relationship with others, ourselves,
and with nature. Aguilar (2010) asserts that our very life belongs to
God.
 Attaining a Comprehensive Outlook in Life

2. Transcending and Aiming for life of Abundance

a. Abundance is not what we gather, but what we scatter.

 Attaining a Comprehensive Outlook in Life

2. Transcending and Aiming for life of Abundance

b. Abundance is not what we keep, but what we give away.

 Attaining a Comprehensive Outlook in Life

2. Transcending and Aiming for life of Abundance

c. Abundance is not what we hold, but what we share.

 Attaining a Comprehensive Outlook in Life

2. Transcending and Aiming for life of Abundance

d. Abundance is a choice.
 Attaining a Comprehensive Outlook in Life

2. Transcending and Aiming for life of Abundance

e. Abundance is to evolve into a higher being

 Question 4

When do you consider yourself

abundant? In what way?
The Terrifying Beauty of Smiles
Do you have any questions?