The Meaning,

Characteristics and
Branches of Philosophy
 OBJECTIVES:
1.discuss the meaning of philosophy
2. identify the branches of philosophy; and
3. appreciate the significance of the
characteristics of philosophy.
 Activity!
A. Answer the following questions in your notes.
1. What is Philosophy?
2. What is the connection of Philosophy to human experience?
3. What is the significance of Philosophy with the existence of
everything around us?
4. What does Philosophy say about one’s personal experiences?
5. Is Philosophy still significant in the event of post-modernism
and globalization?
 Activity!
B. What words
come to your mind
when you hear the
word Philosophy?
Copy the graphic
organizer and
write the words in
the blank circles.
- defined as a way of thinking about the world and is
composed of views and beliefs of a person. (Abella 2016).
Philosophy then as a framework could lead the person to
come up with something that may pave the way for
solutions or answer.
- the principles of philosophy can be used as an examination
of other disciplines or areas of knowledge.
In the long run, other areas of specialization may benefit
from the very nature of philosophy, (Abella 2016).
- a distinct area of knowledge.
It has its own goals, concerns and ways of doing things,
(Abella 2016). Definitely, philosophy is a discipline in itself.
01 02 How do we know?
How do we
reason?

03 04 What is real?
What is of value?

05 06 How should societies be governed?

What is beauty?
 01

How do we reason?
 a branch of philosophy that
deals with the nature of
thinking and reasoning
using empirical support and
information which are
reliable, valid and objective.
 it is the science of correct

thinking.
 - from a general – from a specific
truth to specific truth to general
truth, from universal truth, particular to
truth to particular. universal.
 02

How do we know?
 a branch of Philosophy that concerns with
the definition of knowledge and related
concepts such as the sources and criteria
of knowledge.
 – the main source of
knowledge is deductive – the source of
reasoning based on self- knowledge is sense-
evident principles or perception.
actions.
 03

What is of value?
 it comes from the
Greek word “ethos”
which means
character.
 it is the science of
correct doing.
 it is the study of what
is right and what is
wrong in human
behavior in the pursuit
of beauty and
goodness of life.
 04

What is real?
 it comes from the Greek words “meta” which
means beyond and “physikon” which means
nature.
 it is branch of philosophy which is concerned
with the nature of ultimate reality.
 05

What is beauty?
 it is derived from the Greek word “aesthetikos”
which means one who is perceptive of things
through his sensations, feelings and intuitions.
 it is concerned with the essence of perception
of beauty and ugliness.
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How should society be governed?

 it refers to a body of knowledge that looks up
on the society, politics and the people that
makes it whole.
 it is believed that society is inseparable to
politics.