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Performance 2
METHODS OF PHILOSOPHIZING
Activity 1. Inquire and Discover
(Graded – 20 points)
Directions: To further distinguish
opinion from truth, read the
passage below and answer the
guide questions which follow.
Write your answers on a separate
paper.
 “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave”
(Critical Thinking, Communication, Character)

“Some prisoners are chained inside a cave, facing the back wall. Behind
them is a fire, with people passing in front of it. The prisoners cannot turn
their heads, and have always been chained this way. All they can see
and hear are shadows passing back and forth and the echoes bouncing
off the wall in front of them. One day, prisoner is freed, and dragged
outside the cave. He is blinded by the light, confused, and resists being
led outside. But eventually his eyes adjusts so that he able to see clearly
the things around him, and even the sun itself. He came to realize that the
things he thought were real were merely shadows of real things, and that
life outside of the cave is far better than his previous life in chains. He pities
those still inside. He ventures back into the cave to share his discovery with
the others—only to be ridiculed because he can hardly see (his eyes have
trouble at first re-adjusting to the darkness). He tried to free the other
prisoners but they violently resisted (the other prisoners refuse to be freed
and led outside, and they even tried to kill him)”.
Guide Questions:

1. What does this story mean?

2. How does this passage from
Plato help you turn your attention
toward the right thing (i.e., truth,
beauty, justice and goodness)?
Activity 2
METHODS OF PHILOSOPHIZING
Activity 2. Text Analysis (Graded – 20 points)
 Directions: Realize that the methods of philosophy lead to wisdom and truth by
analyzing the conversation below and answering the guide questions.
Lover’s Quarrel
Shanon: Did you hear about what happened between Angel and her
boyfriend?
Vanvan: What happened?
Shanon: They got a huge fight last night. Angel called me up. She was crying and she
said that Mike hit her.
Dean: Wait, what? That’s not right. Mike came by my place last night and he was pretty
shaken up. He had scratch marks on his arms and a bite on his left hand. He said
Angel just attacked her and was accusing him of seeing another girl.
Shanon: No! Angel said it was Mike who started to hit her and she had to defend
Guide Questions:

 1.As friend of Angel and Mike, how will

you react to the statements given?
 2.How do you apply the methods of
philosophizing in determining the truth?
 3. How do you evaluate the given
statements?
Activity 3
METHODS OF PHILOSOPHIZING
Activity 3. Supply Me (Graded – 20
points)
 Directions: Choose ONE TOPIC from below and gather
different kinds of information about it. Write a 2-3
paragraph essay about your chosen topic (See guide
questions.).

 1. DepEd K to 12 Program
 2. Covid-19 Pandemic
 3. The Philippine Political Structure
Guide Questions:

 1. What is your assessment of the

information on your chosen topic?
Are these pieces of information
you’ve gathered facts or opinions?
 2. Which of their statements can be
considered truth? Why?