PHILOSOPH

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Module 1 – Part 1

Prepared By:
Mary Mildred P. De Jesus
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Distinguish a holistic 3. Do a philosophical
perspective from a
reflection on a
partial point of view.
concrete situation
2. Realize the value of
doing philosophy in
from a holistic
obtaining a broad perspective.
perspective on life.
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Doing
Philosophy
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For you, what

is
Philosophy?
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“Philosophy doesn’t
explain life but helps
constitute it”.

- Maurice Blondel
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What is the
What is
purpose of
life? Reality?

Alam mo ba ang
bagay na hindi
mo pa alam?

Bakit hindi ka
Do we really crush ng
have free
will? crush mo?
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Similarly, what is life?

 A journey of ups and down
 Stages: infancy, childhood,
adulthood, old age
 Career, religion, etc.
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INTRODUCTION:
One of the key elements Diversity is the
in many educational difference that
reforms is diversity, makes each person
difference, and choice or
unique (i,e., biology,
other proposals that
establish separate ethnicity and
curricular routes for culture, family life,
different groups or beliefs, geography,
individuals. experiences, and
religion).
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INTRODUCTION:
“According to Kurcinka 2006,
Educational challenge in the
21st century entails how to
deal appropriately with
cultural and racial multiplicity
and that one does not engaged
in harassment of any form”.
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What is Philosophy?
Philosophy – comes from the
Greek words:
Philo – meaning “to love”
Sophia– meaning “wisdom”
Philosophy – “Love of
Wisdom”
Philosopher – “Lover of
Wisdom”
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What is Philosophy?
 It is also defined as the science that by
natural light of reason studies the first
causes or highest principles of all things.
 It is the study of the fundamental nature of
knowledge, reality, value, and existence.
 A theory or attitude that acts as a guiding
principle for behavior.
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HOW DO WE ENGAGE IN
PHILOSOPHY?
Philosophical Questioning.
 If one is ignorant, he asks
questions, if he asks questions he
acquires knowledge.
 Once a person stops questioning,
he ceases to become a philosopher.
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METHOD
It was derived from the Greek philosopher,
Socrates. In order to delve into his students’
view, he would ask them questions until any
contradictions were exposed. Socrates also
used this method of questioning to
encourage people to question the things they
were told and to look beyond the obvious.
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Thesis
vs Synthesis
It is a discourse
Anti-thesis between two or more
people holding
different point of views
about a subject but
wishing to establish
the truth through
reasoned arguments.
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THERE ARE 3 MAIN REASONS
THE SOCRATIC METHOD:

It helps It gets It forces

3.
1.

2.
develop student students
critical to be
thinking
s ready prepared
skills. to think and
quickly. attentive.
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PERSPECTIVE IN PHILOSOPHY?
 A partial point of view is a perspective that
looks at reality based on a single or partial
component of a system whereas the
holistic perspective tries to broaden the
understanding of reality by taking
considerations of other possible causal
agents or factors.

HOLISTIC POINT OF VIEW
 Looks at all aspects of the
given problem or situation
 All aspects are given
importance when making
conclusion.
 All aspects are tied in
together to form a general
overview of the problem or
situation.
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PARTIAL POINT OF VIEW
 Looks at only limited
number of aspects of the
given problem or situation.
 Conclusions are made
based on considering some,
but not all sides of the
problem or situation.
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HOLISTIC POINT OF VIEW PARTIAL POINT OF VIEW
Example: Example:
 A teacher listens first to  A teacher scolds student A
both stories of her two after student B accused him
arguing students before of stealing her pencil case.
making any conclusion However, the teacher only
about the issue. listened to the story of
student B, and not to
student A, before deciding
to scold the student.
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WHAT IS HOLISTIC VIEW IN
PHILOSOPHY?
 First formulated by Jan Smuts, holism
has been traditionally defined as a
philosophical theory that states that the
determining factors in nature are wholes
which are irreducible to the sum of their
parts and that the evolution of the
universe is the record of the activity and
making of such wholes.
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THE MEANING OF HOLISTIC
PERSPECTIVE
 A holistic approach means thinking
about the big picture. ... In a medical
setting, holistic refers to addressing the
whole person, including their physical,
mental, and emotional health, while
taking social factors into consideration.
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HOLISTIC THINKING

is the ability to see things as a whole

(or holistically), to understand and
predict the many different types of
relationships between the many
elements in a complex system, and
also perceive the whole picture
through sensing its large-scale
patterns.
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VALUE OF HOLISTIC
THINKING

Philosophers
employ Holistic
thinking when
trying to tackle a
problem or
situation.
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REFERENCES:
 https://philosophy-question.com/library/lecture/
read/146120-what-is-partial-and-holistic-perspective-
in-philosophy#0