Philosophy and its

Definition
 Philosph
y Greek
Words

Phil Sophi
o a
lovin wisdo
g m
 Philosophy

Comprehensive Love of Seeks truth by

system of belief W isdom reasoning

Philosophy is the love of wisdom, as the

basis of belief in seeking fortruth and provingit
through the logical way of
reasoning.
popular exemplars of wisdom:

PLATO AR I STOT L E

DEW EY K ANT
Is
KNOWLEDGE
= to
W ISDOM?
K N O W L E D G E - awareness
or familiarity of something.

W I S D O M - knowledge
gained om having many
experience
 Philosophy

AESTHETIC EPISTEMOLOGY LOGIC METAPHYSICS ETHICS

Nature of Rules of Distinction

Nature of Nature of
Beauty Argumen- of Right
Knowledge Reality
and tation & Wrong
Art
Aesthetic
 T h e nature of beauty and art
 I s the science of the beautiful
in its various manifestations
It offers answers to questions
like:
 “Is that good music?”
 “Is that painting better than this
one ?”
1. It vitalizes our knowledge, it makes
our knowledge of the world alive
and useful.
2. It brings us in touch with our
culture.
3. It helps us to live more deeply
and richly.
metaphysics
 Nature of reality
•
• Metaphysics deals with
questions about the essence
and the existence of things.
What is the true nature of
reality.
• philosophers try to build up a picture of the
structure of reality based on reason and logic.
LOGIC - deals
branch of philosophy that
with the study of
correct thinking.

- the science of reasoning,

teaching the way of investigating
unknown truth
EPISTEMOLOGY
is concerned with the nature and
scope of knowledge, such as the
relationships between truth,
belief, perception and theories of
justification.
ETHICS
is the study of values in human behavior or
the study of moral problems: 
•
•(1)the rightness and wrongness of actions

(2)the kinds of things which are good or

desirable

(3)whether actions are blameworthy or

praiseworthy.