Philosophy comes from the Greek word, “Philo” meaning

Philosophy comes from the Greek word, “Sophia” meaning

The term Philosophy is attributed to this person as he is said to be the first to use it when he differentiate the three classes of people who attended the ancient Olympic games.

1. Why Philosophy considered a Science?

The branch of Philosophy that concentrates on the study of the nature of reality. It asks the questions about the essence and existence of being.

The branch of Philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates human actions.

This branch of Philosophy deals with various problems concerning knowledge. It deals with nature, source, limitations and validity of knowledge.

This branch of Philosophy concentrates on logical reasoning makes us certain that our conclusions are true, and this provides us with accepted scientific proofs.

It is the science of the beautiful in its various manifestations. It comes from the Greek word “Aithetikos” which means “sensitive” or “perceptive”.

The first Greek Philosopher and the father of Philosophy. Regarded as the first to engage in the inquiry of searching for causes and the principles of the natural world and various phenomena without relying on supernatural explanation and divine components.

He claimed that the universe was formed from the boundless Greek aperion which is both the first principle and the substance.

This group believes that the “cosmos” is a structured system ordered by numbers.

This Philosopher is best known for the elenchus, or the Socratic Method. He is also regarded as the one who urged self-examination and claimed that “the unexamined life is not worth living”

is the student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. He stressed that “the soul is immortal, even the physical ceased to exist”. Thus, explaining that the soul is the principle which explains life.

He believed that human beings philosophize because they wonder about the world, and as they do more things of their experience appear puzzling.

This period in the history of Philosophy is described as the confluence of faith and reason. Concerned with proving God’s existence and understanding what is man relation with God.

He believed that everything is connected to God.

He believed that truth is to be accepted no matter where it is found.

This period is often described as dominated by the two schools of thought (Rationalism and Empiricism).

This focuses on careful inspection and description of phenomena or appearances, defined as any of conscious experience, that is, which we are conscious.

Edmund Husserl founded phenomenology.

One’s search for truth might be based on one’s attitude or outlook.

A French Philosopher. He emphasizes Existentialism.

A method of Philosophy believed that there isn’t such thing as an absolute truth. It views the world as being in error.

For the philosophers of this tradition, language cannot objectively describe truth.

He is an analytical philosopher. According to him, language is socially conditioned.

Logic is a method of Philosophy that is centered in the analysis and construction of arguments.

Method of Philosophy that concentrates on distinguishing facts and opinions or personal feelings.

A type of reasoning that is based from observations in order to make generalizations.

A type of reasoning that draws conclusion from usually one broad judgment or definition and one more specific assertion.

Is a defect in an argument other than its having false premises.

A kind of appeal to emotion in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting his or her opponent’s feelings of pity or guilt.

1. Whatever has not been proved false must be true, and vice versa.

A logical chain of reasoning of a term or a world several times, but giving particular word a different meaning each time.

This infers that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part of the whole.

One reasons logically that something true of a thing must also be true of all or some of its parts.

This attempts to link the validity of premise to a characteristic or belief of the person.

An argument where force. Coercion or the threat of force was given as a justification for a conclusion.

One commits errors if one reaches an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence.

Fact or Opinion?

The leaves of growing plants are usually green.

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People use their legs to walk.

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Your heart pumps blood through your body.

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Dodo birds are already extinct.

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Some people keep dogs as pets.

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It is better to live in Japan than in the Korea.

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I prefer using Nike than Addidas.

Fact or Opinion?

Manila is the best city in the Philippines.

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President Rodrigo Duterte is the best president of the Philippines.

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Playing table tennis is easier than playing badminton.