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Introduction to
Philosophy

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Introduction to
Philosophy
Roland Theuas S. Pada M.A.

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Philosophy in its usual or common


meaning usually implies a guiding
attitude/behavior of an individual or a
group.

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What is Philosophy?

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What is Philosophy?

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Philosophy

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Philosophy

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Philosophy
Derived From two Greek
Words:
Philo - Love
Sophia - Wisdom

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Philosophy
Derived From two Greek
Words:
Philo - Love
Sophia - Wisdom
Lover of Wisdom

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Beyond Etymology...

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Beyond Etymology...
Despite the seemingly simplistic
combination of the words Love and
Wisdom the complexity of the discipline
of Philosophy requires further
contextualization.

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To Love is more than to like or to take


something as interesting.
Loving, is in itself an act of participation
towards the project of its object. It is a deep
relationship that goes beyond superficial
relationships.

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Wisdom on the other hand, is more than


just distinguishing what is right from
what is wrong.
Sophia is a Greek word that implies more
than cognition.

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In the Greek sense of the word Sophia,


Wit is a much apt translation than
Wisdom.
It connotes the strategy of Greek warfare
in which the strategy of the enemy is
thwarted through an even better, clever,
and cunning strategy.

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Philosophy is defined as: The science of


all things in their ultimate causes and
principles known by the light of human
reason alone.

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

Monday, July 21, 14

Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

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*Systematic
*Methodic
*Organized
*Communal

Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

Monday, July 21, 14

Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

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Seeks to
understand the
underlying
principle behind
reality.

Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

Monday, July 21, 14

Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

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Considers man as
its source and
foundation of
knowledge in its
pursuit of
understanding

Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

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Considers man as
its source and
foundation of
knowledge in its
pursuit of
understanding

Let us understand this definition by its


parts:
Science
Ultimate Causes
and Principles
Known through
human reason

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One could say then that philosophy is a


rigorous discipline that spans over a wide
area of knowledge.
It is a discipline that is flexible as long as
it involves humanity.

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During ancient times, the Greeks used


the term philosophy or philosopher to
refer to all the disciplines or its
practitioner in their pursuit of learning.

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The sciences for example have been under


the discipline of philosophy since ancient
times.
The term Atom was invented by a Greek
Philosopher Leucippus and Democritus.

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Mathematicians such as
Pythagoras, Rene Descartes,
and Isaac Newton have all been
openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as
Pythagoras, Rene Descartes,
and Isaac Newton have all been
openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as
Pythagoras, Rene Descartes,
and Isaac Newton have all been
openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as
Pythagoras, Rene Descartes,
and Isaac Newton have all been
openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as
Pythagoras, Rene Descartes,
and Isaac Newton have all been
openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as
Pythagoras, Rene Descartes,
and Isaac Newton have all been
openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as
Pythagoras, Rene Descartes,
and Isaac Newton have all been
openly known as philosophers.

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In the field of psychology, the study of


both the conscious and the unconscious
has been explored by philosophers such as
Aristotle, Rene Descartes, John Locke, and
David Hume.

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Freud once said that in reading


the works of Nietzsche (again, a
philosopher), he has found
himself mimicking an already
written position in
psychoanalysis.

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Freud once said that in reading


the works of Nietzsche (again, a
philosopher), he has found
himself mimicking an already
written position in
psychoanalysis.

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Freud once said that in reading


the works of Nietzsche (again, a
philosopher), he has found
himself mimicking an already
written position in
psychoanalysis.

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Freud once said that in reading


the works of Nietzsche (again, a
philosopher), he has found
himself mimicking an already
written position in
psychoanalysis.

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Freud once said that in reading


the works of Nietzsche (again, a
philosopher), he has found
himself mimicking an already
written position in
psychoanalysis.

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In the field of Politics, one also finds


Philosophy as both the perpetrator and
culprit for most political systems.

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Democracy, which was invented


by the Greeks, was made
popular by the philosopher, JeanJacques Rosseau, during the
age of enlightenment.

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Democracy, which was invented


by the Greeks, was made
popular by the philosopher, JeanJacques Rosseau, during the
age of enlightenment.

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Democracy, which was invented


by the Greeks, was made
popular by the philosopher, JeanJacques Rosseau, during the
age of enlightenment.

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Democracy, which was invented


by the Greeks, was made
popular by the philosopher, JeanJacques Rosseau, during the
age of enlightenment.

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Democracy, which was invented


by the Greeks, was made
popular by the philosopher, JeanJacques Rosseau, during the
age of enlightenment.

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Communism and Socialism on


the other hand was also inspired
by the philosophical writings of
Karl Marx, who constructed this
idea from another philosopher:
G.W.F Hegel.

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Communism and Socialism on


the other hand was also inspired
by the philosophical writings of
Karl Marx, who constructed this
idea from another philosopher:
G.W.F Hegel.

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Communism and Socialism on


the other hand was also inspired
by the philosophical writings of
Karl Marx, who constructed this
idea from another philosopher:
G.W.F Hegel.

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Communism and Socialism on


the other hand was also inspired
by the philosophical writings of
Karl Marx, who constructed this
idea from another philosopher:
G.W.F Hegel.

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Communism and Socialism on


the other hand was also inspired
by the philosophical writings of
Karl Marx, who constructed this
idea from another philosopher:
G.W.F Hegel.

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Philosophy itself is both practical and


useful to contemporary times.
It is once more freed from the distinctions
in the fields of knowledge.
Now it is applied to History, Literature,
the Arts, Music, Cinematography,
Political Science, Psychology and more.

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Philosophy is not merely a wanton act of


intellectual masturbation, rather it is a
meaningful and rewarding
contemplation about reality and how one
should act upon it.

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