THE IMPORTANCE OF

PHILOSOPHY

Submitted to:

Mr. Wilson M. Llana

Submitted by:

Velaque, Fredalyn Joy S.

Philo 1 11:30-12:30 TThS

D513

August 18, 2015

 WHY IS PHILOSOPHY IMPORTANT?

 it can help improve critical thinking skills

 it’s a good way to know certain things
 Philosophy is not necessarily a primarily skill-oriented field of study, but it is the
specialized field of study for critical thinking, and it can help us improve our critical
thinking skills.
 it can help to provide knowledge of logic
 By studying philosophy, people can clarify what they believe, and they can be
stimulated to think about ultimate questions
 A person can study philosophers of the past to discover why they thought as they did
and what value their thoughts may have in one's own life
 The very language we speak uses classifications derived from philosophy
 Every institution of society is based on philosophic ideas, whether that institution is
the law, government, religion, the family, marriage, industry, business, or education
 Systems of education follow a society's philosophic ideas about what children should
be taught and for what purposes
 It explores how we distinguish between good reasoning and bad reasoning
 Philosophy give us more than just knowledge of the world; they give us a deep
understanding of how the world works, even how it should work
 Philosophy seeks not simply knowledge, but deep understanding and wisdom
 Philosophy addresses moral issues, others that focus on the nature of science and
technology, many that explore some of the most important philosophical works written
across the history of Western civilization and others that introduce great thinkers of
Eastern philosophy, courses for those who are interested in mathematics and logic or
politics and societies or religion or knowledge or the human mind or the nature of
reality
 Taking philosophy imparts skills that will be useful not only in any career but also in
our personal life
 Enable us to think carefully, critically, and with clarity, take a logical approach to
addressing challenging questions and examining hard issues, reason well and
evaluate the reasoning of others, discuss sensibly, and write effectively
 Enhance our problem-solving capacities, our ability to organize ideas and issues, and
our ability to distinguish what is essential from what is not
 Become better person to look at things from a variety of perspectives, to understand
different viewpoints, and to discover common ground among them
 Helps us learn how to critically examine our own views as well as those of others
 Develops our ability to understand and explain difficult material
 Helps us learn how to distinguish good reasoning from attempts to manipulate
opinions, to construct sound complex arguments, and to evaluate others’ reasoning
 Teaches us to develop good interpretive, comparative, argumentative, analytical, and
descriptive writing skills that will allow us to communicate our ideas in a clear and
powerful way
 Philosophy develops intellectual abilities important for life as a whole, beyond the
knowledge and skills required for any particular profession
 Philosophy can be used to help convince people that you are right, and that they are
wrong
 Philosophy contains the study of ethics, which is the study of happiness and how best
to attain it
 philosophy included the study of mathematics, geometry, physics, biology,
cosmology, astronomy, political science, sociology, and psychology, in addition to the
traditional sub-philosophic disciplines of logic, axiology (such as ethics), aesthetics,
philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology
 Philosophy can help us eliminate some bad explanations, by examining the possible
answers for solid reasoning, and helping us to cut through and reject bad assumptions
 Providing excellent preparation for a career in law and business, a philosophy major
is also helpful for careers in journalism, other areas of publishing, government,
academic appointments in universities, colleges, and high schools, professional and
clinical ethics consulting in hospitals and in businesses, and consulting positions in
 government with respect to ethical and political issues and the development of public
policy
 It also helps to prepare one for the tasks of citizenship
 A good philosophical education enhances the capacity to participate responsibly and
intelligently in public life
 All ideas about philosophy or science, including those that ridicule or condemn
philosophy or science, are themselves philosophical ideas, and such as declare all
philosophy useless, trifling, or impossible are little better than a refusal to do any
serious philosophical or scientific reasoning
 The ideas people live and die for, go to war for and kill each other for, or let themselves
be inspired to the making of great art or science, are all philosophical ideas.
 Examining philosophy will allow us to discover and root out all errors and
contradictions and allow us to easily acquire knowledge and to think in concepts rather
than concretes
 It explicitly asks and answers fundamental, inescapable questions such as "How can
I know something?" and "What should I do?"
 Philosophy is a system of beliefs about reality
 Philosophy provides the framework for which man can understand the world
 Provides the premises by which man can discover truth, and use his mind to support
his life
 Philosophy developed a number of theories in metaphysics that include materialism,
idealism, mechanism, and teleology
 Philosophy has given birth to several major fields of scientific study
 Enhances analytical, critical, and interpretive capacities that are applicable to any
subject matter and in any human context
 Philosophy develops skills of critical and moral thinking, argumentation, information
management, research, communication, abstract reasoning, and analytic and
synthetic thinking
 In philosophy the student becomes the active inquirer, thinker, and solver of problems
and not just a passive learner who memorizes ideas.
 Philosophy can help you argue well for your position
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