A Detailed Lesson Plan/Teaching

Guide

in the

Introduction to the Philosophy of

the Human Person

Prepared by:

NORMAN BANICO COMPANERO, LPT

Applicant for ACADEMIC – HUMSS

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 Doing Philosophy (HOLISTIC POINT OF VIEW vs. PARTIAL POINT
Topic/Lesson Name OF VIEW)
Content Standard The learner understands the meaning and process of doing philosophy.
Performance
The learner reflects on a concrete experience in a philosophical way.
Standard
Learning
1.1.Distinguish a holistic perspective from a partial point of view.
Competencies
At the end of the Topic/Lesson, the students are able to:
a. Differentiate holistic from the partial point of view.
Learning Targets
b. Reflect on Personal experiences employing Marcelian
c. Share realizations based on personal experiences
People are different from each other; thus, RESPECT is an essential
thing that would make the world fit for everyone.
Values Integration
One’s perspective may be different from the others; it is on how they
see things. The HOLISTIC perspective is way better than the partial
one.
Time Allotment
60 minutes (1 hour)
Materials PowerPoint Presentation, Pen and Paper, Digital Application (Quizziz
and Mentimeter)
Resources Ramos, C. (2019). Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human
Person. Quezon City: Rex Book Store, Inc.

Abella, R. (2016). Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person.

Quezon City: C & E Publishing.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy | An encyclopedia of philosophy

articles written by professional philosophers. (utm.edu)

Lesson Outline:
I. Introduction: Diagnostic Questions (5 minutes); Picture Analysis (10 minutes)
II. Instruction/Delivery: Discussion with Guide Questions (25 minutes)
III. Practice/Enrichment: “The Elephant and the Six Blind Men” (10 minutes)
IV. Evaluation: Reflection and Sharing (10 minutes)

I. Introduction
A. Routine Activities
1. Prayer
2. Checking attendance

B. Motivation:
1. Short Evaluation Quiz (Quizziz)
Questions:
a. Which of the following best describes Philosophy?
i. It focuses on the life and its holistic meaning.
ii. It is primarily concerned with the behavior of people.
iii. It is a discipline that deals with the reality of all physical beings.
iv. It promotes critical and analytical thinking with the help of merely
scientific inquiry.
b. Which of the following is the aim of Philosophy?
i. To search for truth
ii. To have the right answers

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 iii. To possess and impose the truth
iv. To become knowledgeable in all subjects
c. What is the famous quotation of Socrates that highlights the importance of
knowing the self as the foundation of moral life?
i. The unexamined life is not worth living.
ii. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
iii. We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act but a
habit.
iv. Reflection is never exercised on things that are not worth the trouble
of reflecting about.
d. “There is no greater mystery than the mystery of human life.” What does this
mean?
i. Life can be reduced to a mechanical problem.
ii. The person can look at things in an objective way.
iii. Our life focuses solely based on our biological functions.
iv. Life is complete, becoming, and includes the fact that we are
confronted with a myriad of contrasting choices.
e. What is the importance of philosophizing?
i. Philosophizing helps us rationalize and justify our wrongdoings.
ii. Philosophizing enables us to easily judge the mistakes of others.
iii. Philosophizing helps us understand the meaning, values, and finality of
man.
iv. Philosophizing helps us evaluate our mistakes, discrepancies, and
behavior.

2. Picture Analysis

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 Reflective Questions:
1. Why is it important to always see the bigger picture of every situation of our lives?
2. How can philosophizing benefit you as a person?

II. Instruction/Delivery

Notes:
Specific Learning Outcomes
o Realize the value of doing philosophy in obtaining a broad perspective
on life through the aid of Roque Ferriol’s article entitled “Insight” as
well as Gabriel Marcel’s article entitled “Primary and Secondary
Reflection.”
o Create a critical and analytical reflection on the current issues in the
country.
Insight
o Insight is seeing with the mind, with our powers of thinking.
o 2 things to consider with regard to an insight
▪ The insight itself.
▪ What I do with the insight.
Abstraction – This is done when we analyze concepts and concentrate on one
aspect of a thing while temporarily not minding other aspects of existing things.
o Abstracts thought is called a concept. Analysis by abstraction is called
conceptual analysis.
o We concentrate on one aspect of a thing while prescinding from its other
aspects. We prescind when we neither affirm nor deny.

Marcelian Reflection
o Thinking about life’s meaning
o Reflection is the act of giving time to think about the meaning and
purpose of life.
o Gabriel Marcel emphasized that “reflection is rooted in a daily flow of
life’s experience.” And it is divided into two: Primary and Secondary.
▪ Primary reflection
• 1. It breaks the unity of my experience of myself into
several categories.
• 2. It derives a clear concept from the process of
abstraction.
• 3. It only considers what is available to the senses.
• 4. It looks at the person as fragments of scattered events
or moments.
• 5. Objective qualities of things are perceived
• 6. It is the foundation or instrument of scientific
knowledge which is equivalent to the natural attitude of
Husserl.
• 7. It is a limited perspective

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 ▪ Secondary reflection
• . It recuperates the unity of original meaning and
experience.
• 2. It does not go against the data of primary reflection
but refuses to accept it as final.
• 3. It is an act of gathering together the fragments of our
experiences in order to truly see the big picture.
• 4. It goes beyond what is physical.
• 5. It is introspective.
• 6. It recognizes the interconnectedness of everything.
• 7. It is the instrument of philosophical
Holism
o Holism in general terms (whether in science, sociology, economics,
linguistics, or philosophy) is the idea that all the properties of a given
system cannot be determined or explained by its component parts alone,
but the system as a whole determines in an important way how the parts
behave.
o In philosophy, the principle of Holism (which comes from the Greek
"holos" meaning "all" or "total") was concisely summarized by Aristotle
in his "Metaphysics": "The whole is more than the sum of its parts".
However, the term "holism" was only introduced into the language by
the South African statesman Jan Smuts as recently as 1926.

Partial Point of View

o In philosophy, a point of view is defined as a way or a method of how
one sees or perceives reality or a phenomenon. Therefore, when one says
a partial point of view, he has clearly stated and admitted that the way he
sees reality or certain phenomena is based on a single factor or causal
agency. A partial point of view then is a perspective that is based on one
of the component parts of a whole.
o a partial point of view is a perspective that looks at reality based on a
single or partial component of a system whereas the holistic perspective
tries to broaden the understanding of reality by taking into considerations
of other possible causal agents or factors be it biological, theological or
any other factors that may contribute in understanding a certain
phenomenon.

Perspective Test:

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III. Practice/Enrichment

Blind Men and the Elephant – A Poem by John Godfrey Saxe

Here is John Godfrey Saxe’s (1816-1887) version of Blind Men and the Elephant:

It was six men of Indostan,

To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.

The First approach'd the Elephant,

And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"

The Second, feeling of the tusk,

Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear,
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"

The Third approach'd the animal,

And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," -quoth he- "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"

The Fourth reached out an eager hand,

And felt about the knee:
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," -quoth he,-
"'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"

The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,

Said- "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;

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 Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"

The Sixth no sooner had begun

About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," -quoth he,- "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!

Reflective Questions:

1. What are your realizations after reading the parable?

2. Why do you think that each blind man finds a hard time agreeing on what the elephant looks
like?
3. Were there any instances in your life where you became a partial thinker just like the six
blind men?

IV. Evaluation:

Provide a critical and analytical reflection on the recently concluded Philippine

elections.
**Students will have their answers using the Mentimeter.

V. Assignment

✘ Watch the video concerning societal and household issues. Choose one video.
✘ Take and submit a 2-min video of yourself answering the following questions:
1. What are the reasons why these things are happening?
2. What do you think is the danger of only focusing on the specific
aspect of an issue (partial perspective)?

Links to the videos:

Family Issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZh8xYaJ3mk

Children from Toxic Families: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZH-1YTCvHA

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