Doing Philosophy

Realize the value of doing philosophy in

obtaining a broad perspective on life
 Doing Philosophy

Importance of doing philosophy furthermore, on life

perspectives, philosophy enables reflective thinking
which greatly influences a person view of life, challenges,
and relationships.

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 Doing Philosophy

Doing philosophy directs how a person will perceive

these factors in life and how they will be faced.

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 Doing Philosophy

In any setting wisdom is always gain when

philosophy is applied to formulate a
conclusion and about a certain concern.

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Meaning and Process of
doing Philosophy:

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- doing Philosophy means engaging
oneself in "matters of utility" and
methodologies to eliminate any
practical problem or abstract idea.
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- in the process of doing Philosophy, it is
critical to have a holistic point of view -
the perception of looking at all aspects of
a situation first before making a
conclusion.
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 Some skills involved in doing philosophy are:

▧ Critical thinking
▧ Logical thinking
▧ Analytical thinking
▧ Observation
▧ Communicative skills.

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 CRITICAL THINKING

▧ is the intellectually disciplined process of actively

and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,
analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating
information gathered from, or generated by,
observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or
communication, as a guide to belief and action.

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 CRITICAL THINKING

▧ is thinking about things in certain ways so as to

arrive at the best possible solution in the
circumstances that the thinker is aware of.

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 LOGICAL THINKING

▧ is the act of analyzing a situation and coming up

with a sensible solution.
▧ similar to critical thinking, logical thinking requires
the use of reasoning skills to study a problem
objectively, which will allow you to make a rational
conclusion about how to proceed.

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 ANALYTICAL THINKING
▧ is the ability to tackle complicated issues by evaluating
information you’ve gathered and organized.
▧ must be able to identify and define problems, extract key
information from data and develop workable solutions for the
problems identified in order to test and verify the cause of the
problem and develop solutions to resolve the problems
identified.

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 OBSERVATION

▧ is the act of noticing something or a judgment or

inference from something seen or experienced.
▧ is way of gathering data by watching behavior,
events, or noting physical characteristics in their
natural setting.

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 COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS

▧ Is the ability to communicate — to exchange

thoughts and ideas. 
▧ involves listening, speaking, observing and
empathizing. 

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Importance of Doing
Philosophy
▧ can be applied in day-to-day activities
and life perspectives. Because it
involves an evaluative process, doing
philosophy allows a person to make
better decisions and act accordingly to
situations with the help of various
philosophical skills.

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On Life Perspective
▧ philosophy enables reflective thinking
which greatly influences a person's
view of life, challenges, and
relationships. It directs how a person
will perceive these factors in life and
how they will be face. In any setting,
wisdom is always gained when
philosophy is applied to formulate a
conclusion about a certain concern.

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 Activity No. 3
After doing activity no. 2, answer the following
questions.

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 Questions:
1. Based on your answers in Activity 2, what must be done before
making actions?
2. Is it helpful that you do this before making actions? Why or why
not?
3. As a grade 12 student, what have you realized about this activity?
Reflect and explain your answer in your paper.

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Thank You
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