DEFINITION

AND BRANCHES
IN PHILOSOPHY
How would you interpret the phrase of Socrates
“All I know is that I know nothing”?
1. LOVE OF
WISDOM
Thales of Miletus
626 – 548 BC

Pythagoras
570 – 495 BC

Plato
428 – 348 BC

– 322 Aristotle
484 BC
 2.
DEFINITION

Philosophy is a question
for
the place of man in existence
and for
the meaning of human being
 Anthropology

Axiology

Ontology

3. BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY
Ontology -
theory of being
Gnoseology -
theory of knowledge
Philosophy of Science
Axiology -
theory of values
Questions
What is beauty?
What is art?

Phylosophy of Arts
Anthropology
deals with the study of man

What is a person?
What is culture
and how is it created?

What is the origin of man?

Philosophy of
Law

What is a state?

Should there be laws?

What are basic human rights?

Philosophy of Religion
 Some Philosophical questions
• What is good?
• What is beauty?
• Does the world around us exist?
• What is a person?
• What is truth?
• What is evil?
• Does God exist?
• What is science?
• What is love?
• What is the relationship between mind and body?

HOMEWORK
• An introduction to the discipline of Philosophy - Yo
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