Introduction

to the
Philosophy of ARLENE R. MIRASOL

the Human
Person
 Who am
I?
Activity1:
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 Lesson One:
Pursuing wisdom and
facing challenges in
the Twenty-First
Century

Why become a
Philosopher? On
Attaining a
Comprehensive
outlook in Life
Objective
At the end of the
lesson, you are
expected to:
*Realize the value of
doing philosophy in
obtaining a broad
perspective on life

Doing Philosophy
• Look at the images. What do you think is the message
conveyed?
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What is philosophy?

•Philosophy comes from a Greek

word philo meaning “to love”
and sophia, meaning wisdom.
Philosophy originally meant
“Love of Wisdom”
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 Branches
of
Philosophy
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 1. Metaphysics
• – is really only an extension of a
fundamental and necessary drive
in every human being to know
what is real.
•- task is to explain that part of our
experience, which we call unreal
of what we call real
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2. Ethics
•It explores the nature of
moral virtue and evaluates
human actions.
•It generally study of the
nature of moral judgements.
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3. Epistemology
•It deals with nature, sources,
limitations, and validity of
knowledge. (Soccio 2007)
•It explains how we know what we
claim to know and how we can
differentiate truth from
falsehood.
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4. Logic
•It comes from the Greek word
logike means treatise on matters
pertaining to human thought.
•It concern, rather, is the truth
or the validity of our arguments
regarding such object.
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5. Aesthetic
-Is the science of the beautiful in
its various manifestations.
-It means whatever experience
has relevance to art, whether the
experience e that of the creative
artist or of appreciation.
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 Various
Viewpoint of
Philosophy
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a. Expanding our philosophical
Frames: Western and Non-
western traditions
Western Orient/ Non
-Linear Western
- Circular
-Beginning and
ending - Cyclic style
- Rebirth/ samsara
-Life and death
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 b. Filipino
Thinking:
From Local
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to Global
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1. Loob – Holistic and 2. Filipino Philosophy of
Interior Dimension time

•It is a terms • A human being is like

a bird who flies p and
that show goes down – proves
sharing of that he believes in the
gulong ng palad
oneself to (literally, “wheel of
others fortune) –Timbreza
1992
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 4. Filipino thought and
3. Bahala na Values: Positive and
•Literally means to Negative
leave everything
to God. • Examples:
•It is in one aspect • Utang na Loob
perceived as • Bayanihan
courage to take
risks

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c. Philosophy: Transcending and
Aiming for a Life of Abundance
• Abundance is not what we gather but what we
scatter.
• Abundance is not what we keep but what we
give
• Abundance is not what we hold but what we
share
• Abundance is a choice
• Abundance is to evolve into a higher being

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• What is your own philosophy in
life?
Share it to the class….

What have you observed in your

neighbor when it talks about
philosophy?

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Answer in ¼ sheet of pad paper.

1.How difference every

branches of philosophy to
each other?
2.How important philosophy in
our life to improve our
perspective?
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• Activity 3: Answer the following questions:
1. How important are kagandahang-loob to being Pinoy?
2. Explain your own point of view about what is right or wrong.
3. How do you define “Happiness”? Do you support the view of Socrates: “To become
happy, a person must live a virtuous life? Explain

Happiest Times Worst Time

List the activities, people, location, List the activities, people, location,
and conditions in your life you and conditions in your life when
were most happy you felt dissatisfied

What did you learn about your What did you learn about your
purpose? purpose?
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.

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