HOLISTIC

PERSPECTIVE AND
PARTIAL POINT OF
VIEW
A beginner in philosophy like you will
have an effective understanding only if
you can make sense of the different
perspectives, distinguish them from a
partial point of view, and develop a
holistic perspective to see the whole or
bigger picture. This manner will give you
the value of philosophizing.
On the other hand, the synthesis
of these partial point of views
gave you a holistic perspective
of philosophy.
 METHODS OF ANALYTIC AND
SPECULATIVE
PHILOSOPHIZING PHILOSOPHY
SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY
Speculation allows you to expand your
perspective by encouraging you to see the
bigger picture by participating in the world
and using your experience as source of
ideas.
According to C.D. Broad “Speculative
philosophy aims to reach some general
conclusions as to the nature of the
universe; and as to our position and
prospects in it. It is an attempt to think
synoptically of all the facts – the results
might be trivial but the process will
remind us of the extreme complexity of the
world.”
No matter how crude the observations
of the philosophers were, what is
important is the attempt to abstract and
extract a unifying explanation in order
to give a coherent explanation of the
nature of reality.
ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY

To criticize means to “judge” and/or to

“analyse.” Philosophy, as critical
thinking or analysis, questions, judges
and evaluates any and all principles
and premises that may be gained
through speculation.
A speculative insight through rational
inquiry allows one to gain clarity of
knowledge and insights which are more
valuable because they are tempered by
reason and dialectic.
One mode of critical analysis is logical,
where philosophical problems are
solved through a careful analysis of the
logical structure of the philosophical
assertions.
Another mode of critical analysis is
linguistic, where meanings of words are
analysed for their clarity and consistency.
Linguistic analysis requires a clear
definition of words to avoid ambiguity or
vagueness and therefore ensures clarity or
claims.
Which came first: is it the chicken or is
it the egg?
HOW DO WE USE ANALYTIC
PHILOSOPHY?
First, we need to recognize that this is not
a disagreement in fact. Our disagreement
is not based on how facts actually stand.
There is no quarrel about facts. But what
is contentious here is a verbal
disagreement for the use of the phrase
“COMING FIRST.”
Perhaps, instead of answering quickly
without fully analyzing the question let
us first ask a more basic question,
according to Acuña, “What do you
mean by that?” or “In what sense are
you using the word or phrase?”
Using this as our guide that word
“coming first” could be associated with
several meanings like:
Reproductive standpoint – CHICKEN
Developmental standpoint - EGG
Thus, we need not to quarrel with this
perennial problem when we could easily
resolve this by using analytic philosophy.
By merely analyzing the concepts that we
take for granted in our everyday life, we
were able to successfully resolve this issue.
“A PHILOSOPHIC QUESTION IS
NOT SOLVED, IT DISSOLVES.”
– WAISMANN

In this context, we could say that this is

true.