ED 103

FUNDAMENTAL OF
PHILOSOPHY

SHIRLEY A. GRAGASIN
Enrolled in EdD

MAGDALENA D. LAZARO, PhD

Professor
Source:
FUNDAMENTAL OF PHILOSOPHY
8th Edition

By: David Stewart – Ohio University

H. Gene Blocker – Ohio University
James Petrik – Ohio University
PHILOSOPHY (more satisfactory definition) the attempt to provide for
oneself an outlook on life based on the discovery of broad, fundamental
principles.
It tries to discover the most fundamental, underlying principles.

RATIONAL REFLECTION: THINKING HARD

METAPHYSICS EPISTEMOLOGY

BRANCHES
OF PHILOSOPHY

ETHICS AESTHETCS LOGIC

EPISTEMOLOGY
The philosophical discipline that inquires into the nature,
origins, and limits of human knowledge; theory of
knowledge
LOGIC
The study of correct thinking. It deals with the difference between a
valid and an invalid argument, how to spot fallacious reasoning, and
how to proceed in reasoning so that the conclusion of an argument is
justified by the premises.
ETHICS
The philosophical investigation of the principles governing
human actions in terms of their goodness, badness,
rightness, and wrongness.
ESTHETICS
The philosophy of the ART; the philosophical inquiry into
the nature of art and beauty. Sometimes spelled as
aesthetics.
METAPHYSICS
The philosophical discipline inquiry into the nature of
ultimate reality. In contemporary usage, the term includes
the analysis of fundamental philosophical principles.
PHYLOSPHY – uses the method of
RATIONAL REFLECTION in its attempt to
discover the most general principles underlying
everything
NORMATIVE
The function of philosophy concerned with establishing
standards for distinguishing the correct from the incorrect,
whether in ways of reasoning, believing, esthetic
judgements, or acting.
 PHILOSOPHY

Rational Reflection

General
Normative
principles
Criterial
philosophy
 Proverbs 6-8
WISDOM
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee
WISDOM is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.