Caraga state university

Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Philippines

URL: www.carsu.edu.ph

Overview
of
Philosophy
Ethics

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 What is Philosophy?

Definitions of Philosophy
1. Etymological Definition
2. Aristotelic Definition
3. Jasper’s Definition

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 Etymological Definition

Philo = love
Sophia = wisdom

Philo + Sophia = loves wisdom

lover of wisdom

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 Aristotelic Definition

Philosophy is a science which

inquires into the ultimate causes,
principles, and reason of all thing
in the light of human reason alone.
Aristotle, Metaphysics Book 1, trans. W.D. Ross, (New York, 1941). Pp. 689 ff.

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 Aristotelic Definition

Philosophy is a SCIENCE

Why?

It is a systematic body of
KNOWLEDGE
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 Aristotelic Definition

Philosophy as a science STUDIES

What?

the causes, reason, and principles

of ALL THINGS
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 Aristotelic Definition

Philosophy as a science USES

What?

Human Reason ALONE

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 Jaspers’ Definition

Philosophy is a discipline in which

question are more important than
answers, and in which answers are
bound to generate further
questions.
Karl Jaspers. Way to Wisdom trans Ralph Manheim. (New Haven: Yale University
Press, 1974). p 12.

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 Final Thoughts

Philosophy is not
your usual field of
study

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 You Learned about

• Definition of Philosophy
• Etymological Definition
• Aristotelic Definition
• Jasper’s Definition

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 Caraga state university
Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Philippines
URL: www.carsu.edu.ph

Overview
of
Philosophy
Ethics

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