DEVELOPMENT OF

PHILOSOPHY
From Medieval to Contemporary
THE MEDIEVAL ERA
ERA OF THEOLOGY

Philosophy became the handmaid

of Theology

Religion, e.g Christianity, Islam,

etc., influenced philosophy

All existence is attributed to God

“Fides et Ratio” - Pope St. John

Paul II (Karol Wojtyla)
COMMON QUESTIONS:

On the Nature of God

Does God exist?

If an omnipotent, omniscient, and omni benevolent God exist,

why do evil exist in the world?

Free Will
 “Credo ut intelligam, Intelligo ut credam.”
(I believe in order to understand, I understand in order
to believe)

– Anselm of Canterbury
MODERN ERA
ANTHROPOLOGY

Period centered on Man: His

Nature and Existence

Result of the Rise of Science and

diminished Authority of the
Church

“Period of Enlightenment”

Rationalism and Empiricism

COMMON QUESTION:

Who am I?

Where does knowledge come from?

What is the nature of man?

What is morality?
“Look closely. The beautiful may be small.”

– Immanuel Kant
CONTEMPORARY ERA
ECLECTICISM

Different ideologies emerged

An era of deconstruction

Ideas influenced by other ideas

An era of philosophical discourse in

the light of reality.

The discipline was professionalized

The rise of Analytic and Continental

Philosophies
COMMON QUESTIONS:

What is knowledge?

Can science handle truth?

What does it mean?

On Education

Why is man reiligious?

WHY DO WE LEARN THESE
THINGS?
To see the development of philosophy in history, and to
understand better…

To know that in many eras, different philosophical ideas emerged,

different thoughts were developed, different philosophical ideas
are presented…

That throughout the history, our understanding of reality is

expanding…
DOING PHILOSOPHY

We need to understand that philosophy is an act…doing

philosophy is an activity.

Not just a collection of concepts and ideas…

PAMIMILOSOPIYA

Isang pagpapalawak
sa tanaw at
paghahanap ng diwa
sa mundong
ginagalawan…
PADAYON!