Introduction to
the Philosophy
of the Human
Person
Lesson One:
Pursuing wisdom and
facing challenges in
the Twenty-First
Century
Objective:
At the end of the lesson,
you are expected to:
*Realize the value of
doing philosophy in
obtaining a broad
perspective in life.
*appreciate Filipino
indigenous thoughts.
Doing Philosophy
• Look at the images. What do you think is the message
conveyed?
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What is philosophy?
•Philosophy comes from a Greek
word philo meaning “to love” and
sophia, meaning wisdom.
Philosophy originally meant “Love
of Wisdom”
Branches of
Philosophy
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1. Metaphysics
• – branch of philosophy which
deals with questions, regarding
reality and existence.
What is existence and What is the nature of
reality? space and time?
What are the
differences between How was the universe
empirical and created?
conceptual objects?
Metaphysics
Is human behavior
What does it mean to
subject to freewill or
exist? Are there
determined by causes
categories of being?
beyond our control?
What is identity? What
is change? How does What is the nature of
language play a role in mind and matter? How
defining who we are do they relate?
and how we grow?
Do humans operate
from rules of necessity
or possibility or both?
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2. Ethics
•It explores the nature of moral
virtue and evaluates human
actions.
•It generally study of the nature
of moral judgements.
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3. Epistemology
•It deals with nature, sources,
limitations, and validity of knowledge.
(Soccio 2007)
•It explains how we know what we
claim to know and how we can
differentiate truth from falsehood.
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4. Logic
•It comes from the Greek word logike
means treatise on matters
pertaining to human thought.
•It concern, rather, is the truth or the
validity of our arguments regarding
such object.
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5. Aesthetic
-a branch of philosophy dealing with
the nature of art, beauty and taste
with the creation and appreciation of
beauty.
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Various
Viewpoint of
Philosophy
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Filipino
Thinking: From
Local to Global
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1. Loob 2. Filipino Philosophy of Time
•It is a term • A human being is like a
bird who flies up and
that shows goes down
sharing of • – proves that he
believes in the gulong
oneself to ng palad (literally,
others. “wheel of fortune) –
Timbreza 1992
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4. Filipino thought and
3. Bahala na Values: Positive and
•Literally means to Negative
leave everything to
God. • Examples:
•It is in one aspect • Utang na Loob
perceived as • Bayanihan
courage to take
risks
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c. Philosophy: Transcending and Aiming for a
Life of Abundance
• Abundance is not what we gather but what we
scatter.
• Abundance is not what we keep but what we give
away.
• Abundance is not what we hold but what we
share.
• Abundance is a choice
• Abundance is to evolve into a higher being
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• What is your own philosophy in life?
How different each branches of philosophy
to one another?
Share it to the class….
What have you observed in your neighbor
when it talks about philosophy?
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Answer in ¼ sheet of pad paper.
1.What is the value of
doing philosophy in our
life to improve our
perspective?
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• Activity 3: Answer the following questions:
1. How important are kagandahang-loob to being Pinoy?
2. Explain your own point of view about what is right or wrong.
3. How do you define “Happiness”? Do you support the view of Socrates: “To become happy, a
person must live a virtuous life? Explain
Happiest Times Worst Time
List the activities, people, location, List the activities, people, location, and
and conditions in your life you were conditions in your life when you felt
most happy dissatisfied
What did you learn about your What did you learn about your
purpose? purpose?
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
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