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What is it all

about?
There are traditionally 5 main
branches i.e.:-
 LOGIC
 AESTHETICS
 METAPHYSICS
 ETHICS
 EPISTEMOLOGY
 This branch of Philosophy deals with the
METHOD of argument.
 It offers answers to questions such as:
“Is that reasoning sound?”
“Is that statement true?”
“Is that conclusion valid ?”
 This branch deals with beauty in Music
and Art.
 It offers answers to questions like:
 “Is that good music?”
 “Is that painting better than this one ?”
 This branch deals with the question of
REALITY and BEING.
 It deals with questions about the non-
physical world, such as :-
“Do angels exist?” and “What do we mean
by real?”
 This branch is also known as MORAL
PHILOSOPHY.
 It deals with questions about right and
wrong, e.g.
 “Is morality subjective?”
 “What makes actions “right” and
“wrong”?”
 This branch deals with the theory of
knowledge.
 It considers questions like:-
 “How can we possibly know
anything?”
 “Is there such a thing as certainty?”
Take a look at the following claims
and decide whether they are
predominantly epistemological,
metaphysical, logical, ethical, or
aesthetic in nature.

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