THE MAJOR BRANCHES OF

PHILOSOPHY
ETHICS

 Which is derived from the Greek

term ethos, meaning “moral
philosophy,” is concern about
human conduct. As a normal study,
it deals with norms or standards of
right and wrong applicable
to human behaviour.
Questions:
• How should we
live?
• What is good and
evil?
• What is justice?
AESTHETICS
 Comes from the Greek word
aisthetikos which means “sensitive”
or “perceptive.” In this branch of
philosophy, the philosopher is
concerned with the analysis of
aesthetics experienced
and the idea of what
is beautiful.
Questions:
• What is beauty?
• What is art?
• What is the value
of beauty and art?
• How should art
and beauty be
judged?
EPISTEMOLOGY
 Comes from the Greek word
episteme which means “knowledge”
and logia means study thus, this
branch of philosophy deals with
various problems concerning
knowledge.
Questions:
• What is
knowledge?
• What do people
know?
• Can our senses
be trusted?
LOGIC
 The branch of philosophy that looks
into whether there are rules or
principle that given reasoning. As a
study of reasoning, logic
incorporates the analysis of the
methods of deduction and
induction to provide the
rules on how people ought
to think logically.
Questions:
• Why is it a
problem to use
fallacies in your
arguments?
• How can we
reason
correctly?
METAPHYSICS
 Literally means “after physics “. Early
Greek philosophers claimed that it is
the study of the nature of reality.
This branch of philosophy analyses
whether everything is material, and if
life, energy, and mind are
its different
manifestations.
Questions:
• What is real?
• What is reality
like?
• What is reality?