NAMEADEGOROYESAMUELADEMOLA.

DEPARTMENT:
ACCOUNTI
NG.

LEVEL:
100LEVEL.

COURSETI
TLE:
INTRODUCTI
ONTOPHI
LOSOPHY.

COURSECODE:
GST112.

LECTURER:
DRADENUSICHRI
STOPHEROMOTOSHO.

DATE:
14/
03/
2022.

I
NSTI
TUTI
ON:
WESTAFRI
CANUNI
VERSI
TY

ASSI
GNMENT:
Whyar
ethef
oll
owi
ngar
easi
mpor
tanti
nphi
l
osophy

A)Epi
stemol
ogy

B)Et
hics

C)Met
aphy
sics

D)Aest
het
ics

ANSWER

A)
EPISTEMOLOGY: Epi
stemol
ogyisconcer
nedwi
thal
laspect
soft
hev
ali
dit
y,scope,
and
methodsofacqui
ri
ngknowledge,
suchas

a)whatconst
it
utesaknowl
edgecl
aim;

b)howcanknowl
edgebeacqui
redorpr
oduce

c)howt
heext
entofi
tst
ransf
erabi
l
itycanbeassessed.

Epist
emol
ogyisimportantbecausei
tinf
luenceshowr
esear
cher
sfr
amet
hei
rresear
chi
nthei
r
at
temptst
odiscoverknowledge.

B)ETHI
CS:et
hics,alsocal l
edmor alphil
osophy,i
sthediscipl
i
neconcernedwit
hwhati smoral
l
y
goodandbadandmor all
yr i
ghtandwr ong.Theter
mi salsoappl
iedtoanysystem ort
heor
yof
moralv
aluesorpr i
nciples.Thetermset hi
csandmor ali
tyarecl
osel
yrelat
ed.I
nt hi
ssense,
ethi
csi
sequivalenttomor alphi
losophy.

Et
hicsmat
ter
sbecause

(1)i
tispar
tofhowmanygr
oupsdef
inet
hemsel
vesandt
huspar
toft
hei
dent
it
yoft
hei
r
members,
(
2)other-
regar
dingv
aluesinmostethi
calsyst
emsbot
href
lectandf
ost
ercl
osehuman
r
elat
ionshi
psandmut ual
respectandt
rust

(3)i
tcoul
dbe“ r
ational
e”forasel
f-
int
erest
edpersontobemor albecausehi
sorhersel
f-
i
nter
esti
sarguablybestservedi
nthelongrunbyreci
procat
ingthemor al
behav
iorofot
hers

C)METAPHYSICS:Metaphysicsisadarkoceanwithoutshor
esorli
ght
house,
strewnwit
hmany
aphil
osophi
cwreck.
iti
st hestudyofthetruenat
ureofreal
it
y.I
tfor
msthebasisfr
om whichwe
per
ceive,
andgi
vemeani ngtoourexistence.

met aphysicsf or
mst hefoundationoft heot herfourbranchesofphilosophy ,
aswellashowwe
appl yourinterpretedperspecti
ves,ourper ception,toourli
v es.I
fsomeonewasaskedt heir
philosophyr egardingthetruenat ur
eofal l
things,thei
ranswerwoul dbear efl
ect
ionofhowt hey
think,bel
ief,andf eelaboutthemsel ves, ot
hers,thewor l
d,theuniver
se, God,andnatur
e.Itwould
alsobeani ndicati
onoft heactions.i
tal someansThet r
uenat ur
eofr eali
ty.

D)AESTHETI CS:aest
heti
cs,al
sospell
edesthet
ics,
thephil
osophicalst
udyofbeaut
yandtast
e.
Iti
sclosel
yrelatedtothephil
osophyofar
t,whi
chisconcernedwi t
hthenatur
eofartandt
he
conceptsi
nter msofwhi chi
ndivi
dualwor
ksofartarei
nter
pretedandev al
uat
ed.

aesthet
icscoul
dbestudi
edmoreconv enti
onal
l
yalongt
hel
i
nesofphi
l
osophyof
beauty/
phil
osophyofar
t,andar
teducationaswel
l
.