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    Manzano, Ninna Robyn M.

    XI - Maxwell

    Branches of Philosophy

    Metaphysics

    Topics of Philosophical
    Investigation
    1. The following are basics:
    a. Axiom
    b. Existence Exists
    c. Identity
    d. Consciousness
    2. The following are specifics:
    a. Reality is Absolute: The
    Primacy of b. Existence
    b. Causality
    c. Nothing

    Main Concerns

    Study of Existence
    It deals with the fundamental questions of
    reality that is beyond the scientific or
    mathematical realms. It is concerned with
    answering the questions about identity and
    the world.

    Philosophical Views

    What is the nature of


    reality?
    Whats out there?
    How can the incorporeal
    mind affect the physical
    body?
    Is there a God or many
    gods, or no god at all?

    3. The following are technicalities:


    a. Contradiction
    b. An Entity is a Sum of Its
    Parts
    c. Mental Entities
    d. The Metaphysical Versus
    the Man-Made

    Epistemology

    1.

    The following are basics:


    a. Philosophy
    b. Objectivity
    c. Logic
    d. Reason

    Study of Knowledge
    It deals with the process by which we can
    know that something is true and the

    What can I know?


    How is knowledge
    acquired?
    Can we be certain of

    e. Knowledge
    f. Standard Of Evaluation
    g. Perception

    Ethics

    2.

    The following are specifics:


    a. Emotions
    b. Integration
    c. Values
    d. Certainty

    3.

    The following are


    technicalities:
    a. Context
    b. Fundamentals
    c. Knowledge is
    Hierarchical
    d. The Arbitrary

    1. The following are basics:


    a. Life as the Moral
    Standard
    b. Morality is a Guide to
    Living
    c. Reason is Man's Means
    of Survival
    d. Values
    e. Virtue
    f. Self-Interest
    g. Harmony of Interests
    2. The following are specifics:

    fundamental questions of reality.

    Study of Action
    It is involved with placing value to personal
    actions, decisions, and relations. Important
    ethical issues today include abortion, sexual
    morality, the death penalty, euthanasia,
    pornography, and the environment.

    anything?
    How do I know about it?

    How should people act?


    What do people think is
    right?
    How do we take moral
    knowledge and put it into
    practice?
    What does 'right' even
    mean?

    a. Self Reliance /
    Independence
    b. Productiveness
    c. Integrity
    d. Honesty
    e. Pride
    f. Justice
    g. Benevolence
    h. Rationality
    3. The following are technicalities:
    a. Metaphysical Justice
    b. Free Will
    c. Courage
    d. Trader Principle

    Aesthetics

    1. The following are basics:


    a. Man's need for art.
    b. Art
    c. Sense Of Life
    2. The following are specifics:
    a. Literature
    b. Painting
    c. Sculpture
    d. Music
    3. The following are technicalities:
    a. Drama
    b. Dance
    c. Song

    Study of Art
    It deals with the nature of art, beauty, and
    taste, with the creation and appreciation of
    beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the
    study of sensory or sensory-emotional
    values, sometimes called judgments of
    sentiments and taste.

    What is art?
    What is the relationship
    between beauty and art?
    Are there objective
    standards by which art
    can be judged?
    Is beauty in the eye of
    the beholder?

    Logic

    Politics

    1.

    The following are basics:


    a. Formal
    b. Informal
    c. Symbolic
    d. Mathematical

    2.

    The following are specifics:


    a. Deductive
    b. Inductive

    3.

    The following are


    technicalities:
    a. Modal
    b. Propositional
    c. Predicate

    1. The following are basics:


    a. The Initiation of Force
    b. Right to Self Defense
    c. Necessity of Government
    d. The Proper Role of
    Government
    e. Laissez Faire Capitalism
    f. Taxation
    2. The following are specifics:
    a. Law
    b. Rule of Law
    c. Constitutions
    d. Separation of Powers

    Study of Reasoning

    It studies the rules of valid reasoning and


    argumentation. It deals only with propositions
    (declarative sentences, used to make an
    assertion, as opposed to questions,
    commands or sentences expressing wishes)
    that are capable of being true and false.

    Study of Force

    It studies the fundamental questions about


    the state, government, politics, liberty, justice
    and the enforcement of a legal code by
    authority. It is Ethics applied to a group of
    people, and discusses how a society should
    be set up and how one should act within a
    society.

    What is correct
    reasoning?
    What distinguishes a
    good argument from a
    bad one?
    How can we detect a
    fallacy in reasoning?

    Why are governments


    needed?
    What rights and
    freedoms should a
    government protect?
    What duties do citizens
    owe to a legitimate
    government, if any?
    When may a government
    be legitimately
    overthrown, if ever?

    e. Checks and Balances


    f. Federalism
    g. An Armed Populace: The
    Right to Bear Arms
    h. Trial by Jury
    i. Voting
    3. The following are technicalities:
    a. Capitalism
    b. Financing a Government
    c. The Death Penalty
    d. Abortion
    e. Fraud

    Sources:
    Logic - By Branch / Doctrine - The Basics of Philosophy. (n.d.). Retrieved June 29, 2016, from http://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_logic.html
    Elements of Philosophy. (n.d.). Retrieved June 29, 2016, from https://philgcg11chd.wordpress.com/category/main-branches-of-philosophy/
    Branches of Philosophy. (n.d.). Retrieved June 29, 2016, from http://www.philosophy-index.com/philosophy/branches/
    5 Branches of Philosophy. (n.d.). Retrieved June 29, 2016, from http://theologicalstudies.org/resource-library/philosophy-dictionary/85-5-branches-ofphilosophy
    Branches of Philosophy. (n.d.). Retrieved June 29, 2016, from http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html

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