INTRODUCTION TO THE

PHILOSOPHY OF THE
HUMAN PERSON
SOCSCI 111
SUBJECT TEACHER : LORNA B. SOLO
SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHER
 CLASS SCHEDULE

•7:30-9:30 ALPHA CENTUARI

•1:00-2:00 – BETELGEUSE

•3:20-4:40 – SIRIUS ( TUESDAY Only)

•3:30- 4:30 – SIRIUS ( MON & WED)
•No Friday Schedule ( ICT)
 ACTIVITY
• Share your responses to the following questions:
• 1. WHAT/WHO INSPIRED YOU TO STUDY IN THIS
SCHOOL? WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO ENROLL
HERE?

• 2. WHAT IS YOUR IMPRESSION OF OUR SCHOOL?

• THE QUALITY OF ITS GRADUATES?
 LESSON OBJECTIVE:

•Discuss philosophy and its

importance as a discipline and a
means for understanding life;
 LET’S PONDER:
Reading and analyzing the a
conversation between a high school
teacher and her student in class
• TEACHER : Juan, what would you like to be
when you grow up?
• JUAN : Ma’am, I want to be happy!
• TEACHER : Juan, you did not understand my
question.
• JUAN: Ma’am, you do not understand what
life is all about!
• 1. DO YOU THINK THAT JUAN’S ANSWER WAS
APPROPRIATE FOR HIS TEACHER’S QUESTION?

2. WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS JUAN’S

INTERPRETATION OF HIS TEACHER’S QUESTION?

3. BASED ON HIS RESPONSES, WHAT KIND OF

STUDENT DO YOU IMAGINE JUAN TO BE?
Have you like Juan, come to realization of
you want in life?
Have you ever found yourself wondering
about the things you experienced or where
your life is headed?

Have you encountered a situation where do

you think about the “deeper” questions in
life?
•what should i do to achieve my
goals in life?
•why did i fail?
•what can i do to be better?
•did i make the right choice in
enrolling stem strand?
• as we grow older , our questions are
influenced by our experiences and
circumstances. we find ourselves asking
more serious question such as ;

• why do i have to study?

• what do i need to do to get better grades?
• why can’t i have more friends?
•Is love worth giving up everything?
•What is love?
• where can one find true happiness?
• does the end justify the means?
•Why is there injustice in this world?
•A big part of living is spent pondering
many questions, our lives become
more meaningful because we search
for answers to these innumerable
questions?
• ---- this is the ESSENCE OF
PHILOSOPHY – the search for
answers to life’s questions.
 DISCUSS:

What questions about your life

are you struggling to find
answers to? Share some of
them in class.
What is Philosophy?
 ACTIVITY
•What words come to mind when
you hear the word philosophy?
•Create a graphic organizer and
write the words in the blanks
circles..
•What it means to be a
philosopher?
•What does it means to be a
lover of wisdom?
•What characteristics should a
philosopher possess?
•What it means to be a
philosopher?
 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PHILOSOPHERS?
• Is a pilosopo what we mean by a philosopher?

No….. A philosopher is not a pilosopo because a

philosopher does not play with words, or twists
reasoning just for the fun of it.
No … a philosopher is not a pilosopo if he
raises questions often with the intention of showing
off that he/she is singularly smart and inquisitive.
Asks questions with the intention of making other
person look stupid or ignorant.
 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PHILOSOPHERS?
• Is a pilosopo what we mean by a philosopher?

YES …. a pilosopo is a philosopher, if his/her

 intention in playing with words is in order to view
things in a different way.
If the questions he/she
asks stem from a genuine confusion, astonishment
and wonder, and asks question with a genuine
desire to know.
What is Philosophy?
 DEFINITION OF PHILOSOPHY
• Philosophy-comes from the Greek terms “philos”
or “philein” meaning “love” or friendship” and
“sophia”-meaning “wisdom” or “knowledge”
• Philosophy- originally meant , “Love of Wisdom”.

• Philosophy- is defined as the science that by

natural light of reason studies the first
causes or highest principles of all things.
 PHILOSOPHY- IS DEFINED AS THE SCIENCE
THAT BY NATURAL LIGHT OF REASON STUDIES
THE FIRST CAUSES OR HIGHEST PRINCIPLES OF
ALL THINGS.
Things to consider:
• 1. SCIENCE –
• It is called a science because the investigation is systematic.

• WHY IT IS SYSTEMATIC?

• It follows certain steps or it employs certain procedures. In other

words, it is an organized body of knowledge just like any other
sciences.
 PHILOSOPHY- IS DEFINED AS THE SCIENCE THAT BY NATURAL LIGHT
OF REASON STUDIES THE FIRST CAUSES OR HIGHEST PRINCIPLES OF
ALL THINGS.
• 2.Natural Light of Reason

• Philosophy investigates things, not by using any other laboratory

instrument or investigative tool.

• What do you think is a tool use by a philosopher?

• Philosopher uses HIS NATURAL CAPACITY to THINK

or SIMPLY HUMAN REASON ALONE.
 3. PHILOSOPHY- IS DEFINED AS THE SCIENCE THAT BY NATURAL
LIGHT OF REASON STUDIES THE FIRST CAUSES OR HIGHEST
PRINCIPLES OF ALL THINGS.
• What do you think is the distinction between philosophy from other
sciences?

Anthropology- study human beings in relation with the society.

Sociology- study of society, its form, structures & functions.
Botany- focus their attention to plants.
Linguists- limit themselves with language.
Theologians- investigate God.
 PHILOSOPHY- studies human beings, society, religion, language,
God, and plants, among other concerns.
•What does it means
to be a lover of
wisdom?
 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LOVER OF
WISDOM?
• A genuine desire to know begins with this
humble admission of one’s own ignorance. With
this desire comes the courage to ask questions.
• Sometimes, we hesitate to ask questions because we
are afraid of being thought of as stupid. We are
afraid of being judged as attention-seekers, or our
questions will be taken against us.

• This is what it means to be a lover of wisdom.

 SOCRATES

He gained fame for his curiosity and his

constant debates with many of the
intellectual elite in Greece
He is famous for having said “ I know that I
do not know”
 recognized for his motto : THE
UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH
LIVING”
 SOCRATES

He was credited with formulating the

SOCRATIC METHOD – means of examining
a topic by devising a series of questions that
let the learner examine and analyze his
knowledge and views regarding the topic.
 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LOVER
OF WISDOM?
• Socrates – is a shining example of someone who
bravely sought for the truth. He love it even to the
point of risking his very own life..
• He was put into trial with baseless accusations hurled
against him. Defended himself by speaking the truth.
• He was sentenced to death for the charges of
corrupting the minds of the youth.
• He was killed by being forced to drink the poison
hemlock
 •NOTABLE
ANCIENT GREEK
PHILOSOPHERS
 PLATO
• A student of Socrates, his writings were considered the
foundation of Western Philosophy
• He is also known for his DIALECTIC – a method of
inquiry were two opposing ideas are discussed in an
attempt to arrive at new knowledge.
• Founding of the ACADEMY, was Plato’s lasting
contribution to learning an institution of higher learning
which was the first of its kind in the Western World.
 ARISTOTLE

• Was a prominent student of Plato.

• His studies in logic led to the formulation of a
formal process of analyzing reasoning which gave
rise to DEDUCTIVE REASONING- process by
which specific statements are analyzed to reach a
conclusion or generalization.
 EPICURUS
•He believe that philosophy could
enable man to live a life of happiness.
•He gave rise to EPICUREANISM – a
school of philosophy which believes
that wisdom and simple life will result
in a life free of fear and pain.
 PYTHAGORAS

• A Mathematician and scientist, he was

credited with formulating the
Pythagorean theorem.
• established a community of learners who
were devoted to the study of religion and
philosophy.
 HERACLITUS

 for him CHANGE IS PERMANENT

aspect of the human condition as he was
credited with the saying, “ NO MAN
EVER STEPS IN THE SAME RIVER
TWICE”
 DEMOCRITUS

• He was among the first to propose that

matter is composed of tiny particles
called ATOMS.
 DIOGENES OF SINOPE

• He was a known advocate of LIVING A

SIMPLE AND VIRTOUS LIFE- that one
should not only talk of a virtue but
should show it in words and actions.
  PHILOSOPHY IT IS A METHOD
IS A OF MENTAL
REFLECTIVE EXERCISE
AND
MEDITATIVE
 WHEN ONE IMAGINES
ACTIVITY CERTAIN
ALTERNATIVES AND
POSSIBLE OUTCOMES,
 ENGAGE THE MIND ONE ALREADY ENGAGE
IN ANALYZING IN PHILOSOPHY
PROBLEMS &
SITUATIONS
•What other philosophical questions
have you asked yourself? What led
you to ponder those questions?