Philosophy and its definition

Philosophy and its Definition(With Philosophical Disciplines)

Group 3M-F 3:40-5:20 pm

Philosphy

loving

Philo Sophia

wisdom

Greek Words

Seeks truth by reasoning

Love of Wisdom

Philosophy

Comprehensive system of

beliefPhilosophy is the love of wisdom, as the basis of belief in seeking for truth and proving it through the logical way of reasoning.

Some popular exemplars of wisdom:

PLATO

ARISTOTLE

DEWEY KANT

SOCRATES

Is KNOWLEDGE

= to

WISDOM?

KNOWLEDGE - awareness or familiarity of something. WISDOM - knowledge gained from having many experiences.

AESTHETICEPISTEMOLOGYLOGICMETAPHYSICSETHICS

Nature ofBeauty and Art

Nature of Knowledge

Rules of Argumen-

tation

Nature of Reality

Distinction of Right & Wrong

Philosophy

AestheticAesthetic

The nature of beauty and artIs the science of the beautiful in its various manifestations

1. It vitalizes our knowledge, it makes our knowledge of the world alive and useful.

2. It brings us in touch with our culture.

3. It helps us to live more deeply and richly.

metaphysicsmetaphysicsSille Noble

• Nature of reality• Metaphysics deals with questions about the

essence and the existence of things. What is the true nature of reality.

• philosophers try to build up a picture of the structure of reality based on reason and logic.

LOGIC

- branch of philosophy that deals with the study of correct thinking.- the science of reasoning, teaching the way of investigating unknown truth