PHILOSOPHY REVIEW

TOPICS COVERED IN MIDTERM:

• Definition of Philosophy as love of

wisdom
• Purpose of Philosophy
• Holistic Perspective and Partial
Perspective
Holistic Perspective is important in doing
philosophical reflection
• Methods of Philosophizing
Truth and Opinion
Fallacies
 Argumentum ad Hominem (Argument against the
Person)
 Argumentum ad Baculum (Appeal to force)
 Argumentum ad Misericordiam (Appeal to pity)
 Argumentum ad Papulom (Bandwagon fallacy)
There is no single method in arriving at the
truth.
• Embodied Spirit
Human beings are composed of both body
and spirit
Human persons have the capacity to extend
themselves
Human life is about growing and outgrowing
of our old, immature, and less perfect ways.
Whoever or whatever we are at the moment
is never a finished product yet – the beauty of
our human existence.
• Human Persons in the
Environment
The role of philosophy is to critically
examine the bases of the beliefs about
the natural environment
To distinguish which beliefs would lead
humans to do damages to the
environment and which beliefs would not.
Prudence and Frugality
TOPICS COVERED IN FINALS:
•Intersubjectivty
It is state in which one recognizes
one’s being as a being with others.
• Freedom
It is about exercising our capacity to
make decisions, choose our path and
direct the course of our lives through our
own steering.
Freedom is always accompanied with
responsibility.
• Human Persons in the Society
Personal and Transactional relations
Both of which have their specific
functions and one should never
encroach on the other.
• The Human Persons as Being-
Unto-Death
Death is an inevitable possibility of
persons.
Death helps us value life.
Finals Pointers
• Test I – True or False (25 points)
• Test II – Multiple Choice (25 points)
Total: 50 points
Kindly finish all the assessments.
• Written Works
• Performance Tasks
• Creative Synthesis Paper (100 points)
 God bless. Thank you.
See you next semester!