Philosophy is defined as the love of wisdom based on its Greek etymological roots. It involves the critical examination of fundamental beliefs and analysis of basic concepts. The main branches of philosophy are metaphysics (reality), epistemology (knowledge), logic (reasoning), ethics (values), and aesthetics (beauty). Each branch addresses different fundamental questions and contributes to different domains like theology, science, sociology, mathematics, and art. Other subfields include the philosophy of science, religion, politics, and mind. Logic is the study of correct reasoning and can be applied or formal, examining propositions and deductive arguments. It is important to understand philosophy and its branches and subfields to critically examine beliefs,
Philosophy is defined as the love of wisdom based on its Greek etymological roots. It involves the critical examination of fundamental beliefs and analysis of basic concepts. The main branches of philosophy are metaphysics (reality), epistemology (knowledge), logic (reasoning), ethics (values), and aesthetics (beauty). Each branch addresses different fundamental questions and contributes to different domains like theology, science, sociology, mathematics, and art. Other subfields include the philosophy of science, religion, politics, and mind. Logic is the study of correct reasoning and can be applied or formal, examining propositions and deductive arguments. It is important to understand philosophy and its branches and subfields to critically examine beliefs,
Philosophy is defined as the love of wisdom based on its Greek etymological roots. It involves the critical examination of fundamental beliefs and analysis of basic concepts. The main branches of philosophy are metaphysics (reality), epistemology (knowledge), logic (reasoning), ethics (values), and aesthetics (beauty). Each branch addresses different fundamental questions and contributes to different domains like theology, science, sociology, mathematics, and art. Other subfields include the philosophy of science, religion, politics, and mind. Logic is the study of correct reasoning and can be applied or formal, examining propositions and deductive arguments. It is important to understand philosophy and its branches and subfields to critically examine beliefs,
Philosophy is defined as the love of wisdom based on its Greek etymological roots. It involves the critical examination of fundamental beliefs and analysis of basic concepts. The main branches of philosophy are metaphysics (reality), epistemology (knowledge), logic (reasoning), ethics (values), and aesthetics (beauty). Each branch addresses different fundamental questions and contributes to different domains like theology, science, sociology, mathematics, and art. Other subfields include the philosophy of science, religion, politics, and mind. Logic is the study of correct reasoning and can be applied or formal, examining propositions and deductive arguments. It is important to understand philosophy and its branches and subfields to critically examine beliefs,
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Meaning of Philosophy
a. Etymological Definition - The term philosophy is taken from the Greek word, (phileo) meaning "to love" or "to befriend" and, (Sophia) meaning "wisdom." Thus, "philosophy" means "the love of wisdom". b. Comprehensive Definition philosophy, the critical examination of the grounds for fundamental beliefs and an analysis of the basic concepts employed in the expression of such beliefs. c. Other definition - thirst for learning, love of wisdom, thirst for education etc. Main Branches of Philosophy a. Subject Matter of each sub-field
Metaphysics, which deals with the fundamental questions of reality.
Epistemology, which deals with our concept of knowledge, how we learn and
what we can know.
Logic, which studies the rules of valid reasoning and argumentation Ethics, or moral philosophy, which is concerned with human values and how
individuals should act.
Aesthetics or esthetics, which deals with the notion of beauty and the philosophy of art.
b. Different Question of each branch
Metaphysics What is out there?
Epistemology How do I know about it? Ethics What should I do? Logic What actions are permissible? Esthetics What can life be like?
c. Main Contribution of each branch
Metaphysics Theology Epistemology Science Ethics Sociology or Psychology Logic Mathematics Esthetics Language and Art
Other Sub- Fields of Philosophy
a.
Subject matter of each sub-field
Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Religion Political Philosophy Philosophy of the Mind
b. Importance of Studying Philosophy of Science, the study, from a philosophical perspective, of the
elements of scientific inquiry.
Philosophy of Religion, the
discipline
concerned with
the
philosophical
appraisal of human religious attitudes and of the real or imaginary objects of
those attitudes, God or the gods.
Political Philosophy, branch of philosophy that
is
concerned,
at
the
most abstract level, with the concepts and arguments involved in political
opinion. Philosophy of the Mind, reflection on the nature of mental phenomena and especially on the relation of the mind to the body and to the rest of the physical world.
Characteristics of the science of logic
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Logic, the study of correct reasoning, especially as it involves the drawing of
inferences. a. Two main divisions of logic applied logic the study of the practical art of right reasoning. formal logic the abstract study of propositions, statements, or assertively used sentences and of deductive arguments. b. Importance of studying logic
