10 Netiquette guidelines 

1. Be ready to learn.
2. Be respectful of others during live lessons.
3. Set a respectful tone

4. Stop ... grammar time! - it’s important to be reasonable about others’

grammar mistakes. Nobody likes the grammar police, and scolding a classmate
because he or she used “your” instead of “you’re” isn’t practicing proper
netiquette

5. Before you ask, take the time to try to figure it out on your own.
6. Keep other devices off during class time.
7. Don't eat or drink near your computer.
8. Create a quiet workspace.
9. Don’t abuse the chat box, think before you post something in it.
10. Check in daily and turn in assignments on time.
INTRODUCTION TO
PHILOSOPHY
DIVERSITY
• Diversity
is the difference that makes each person unique
 ethnicity
 Culture
 family life
 Beliefs
 Geography
 experiences
 Religion
 biology
THE MEANING OF PHILOSOPHY

Greek words, philo, meaning "to love" and

sophia, meaning "wisdom".

“Love of wisdom”
FOUR THINGS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED:

A. SCIENCE
B. NATURAL LIGHT OF REASON
C. STUDY OF ALL THINGS.
D. FIRST CAUSE OR HIGHEST PRINCIPLE
D. FIRST CAUSE OR HIGHEST PRINCIPLE
• A principle is that from which
something proceeds in any manner
whatsoever. First Principles:
A. Principle of Identity - whatever is is; and
whatever is not is not; everything is what it is.
Everything is its own being, and not being is not
being.
"A man is a man,"
B. Principle of Non-Contradiction- it is
impossible for a thing to be and not to be at
the same time, and at the same respect.

e. g.
the two propositions

"A is B" and "A is not B"

C. Principle of Excluded Middle -a thing is either is
or is not; everything must be either be or not be;
between being and not-being, there is no middle
ground possible.
D. Principle of sufficient Reason -nothing
exists without a sufficient reason for its being
and existence.
Aspects of the natural and human world that
later became separate sciences
astronomy,
physics,
psychology,
sociology.
FIVE BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY
Metaphysics,
Ethics,
Epistemology,
Logic, and
Aesthetics.
These branches will be discussed in the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A_CAkYt3GY
In attaining wisdom, there is a need for

EMPTYING
1.2 RECOGNIZE HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAT
EMANATED FROM DELIBERATE REFLECTION
After examining the definitions of philosophy, this section
distinguishes its branches from where recognition of various
human activities emanated from deliberate reflection and
dialogs. Many of the most vital issues of philosophy are still
disputed and have unsettled questions today.

Nevertheless, one of the greatest needs of anyone seeking

"wisdom" is a genuine sympathy and an understanding of all the
most diverse points of view (holistic perspective). A narrow
provincialism of mind, limited to the ideas and outlook of a
single part or a single age (partial perspective), is wholly
incompatible with the real philosophical attitude.