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Logic Chapter 1 Lesson 1

The document discusses the origins and definitions of philosophy from different cultural perspectives including the Greeks, Chinese, Hindus, and Muslims. Philosophy is defined as the study of wisdom, examination of reality through true cognition, understanding principles of existence, or the investigation of all things and their ultimate causes through human reason. The construction of philosophy incorporates meanings such as an ideology, art of living, poetry, autobiography, culture, and science.

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Logic Chapter 1 Lesson 1

The document discusses the origins and definitions of philosophy from different cultural perspectives including the Greeks, Chinese, Hindus, and Muslims. Philosophy is defined as the study of wisdom, examination of reality through true cognition, understanding principles of existence, or the investigation of all things and their ultimate causes through human reason. The construction of philosophy incorporates meanings such as an ideology, art of living, poetry, autobiography, culture, and science.

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logic

The Philosophical
discipline of correct
thinking
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Chapter 1:

Meaning of Philosophy ……………………………………….

Origin of Philosophy ……………………………………………

Branches/Division in Philosophy ……………………….

Meaning of Logic …………………………………………………

What is Correct thinking in Relation to Logic?.....

The Material and Formal Objects of Logic…………..


introduction
CHAPTER 1. lesson 1
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what is life?
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what is philosophy?
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Philosophy
- Medieval-Scholastic Definition: “the science of the ultimate
causes of things”

- Modern & Contemporary Definition: “the study of the nature of


being and thinking”
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Aristotle – “ thinking which aims at maximum connected truth about all available experiences”

Gilles Deleuze (‘91) – a postmodern philosopher


- “is a theory which is elaborately developed in a form
of question and nothing else”
- “cannot be considered as a resolution to a problem, only the
elaboration of the necessary implication to a formulated question
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Frank Ramsey (‘96) – an analytical philosopher


- “a system of definitions or a system of descriptions of
how definitions might be given”

Quentin Lauer – “it slips away from any form of definition”

SJ Cleric – “is indefinable since the very act of putting meaning to Philosophy is Philosophical in itself ”
Philosophy of the
World
CHAPTER 1.
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The greeks
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Philosophy
Phythagoras – a Greek Philosopher
- coined “philosophy”

• to love wisdom, or to philosophize, means to have a desire or to be in a quest for truth and eventually live in it

• man, undeniably has the intrinsic desire to know the truth of or to acquire knowledge about anything that
interests him. And once man has attained the object of his quest for knowledge, he can only be deemed wise if he
has successfully lived in what he has discovered
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• knowledge is not enough, one has to live up to what he knows


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The chinese
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Philosophy
- Derived from the words zhe and xue.
-“zhe” means wisdom, and “xue” means study,
- in Chinese, Philosophy is the study of wisdom
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-zhe is symbolized by the human mouth and hand

- “follow what I say, but do not follow what I do”


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The hindus
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Philosophy
-“anviksiki” meaning an examination of things through the use of true
cognition
- “darsana” meaning a mode of seeing not only through the sense of sight,
but seeing that’s free from biases and prejudice of one’s treatment of reality
- To Hindus, Philosophy is to be impartial, objective, and critical in one’s
assessment of reality
The
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muslims
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Philosophy
-falsafa Arabic term for Philosophy
- hikma symbolizes light of illumination, believed that it enables one to have
an understanding of the basic principles of reality and humanity
CONSTRUCTI
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ON OF
PHILOSOPHY
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“Philosophy, a science that studies or investigates all things in their ultimate


causes, reasons, and principles based on human reason alone.”
-“Philosophers are Worms” and “Pilosopo to Eagles”
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Other meanings
of philosophy
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“Philosophy is an ideology, an art of living, a kind of poetry, an autobiography, a


culture, and a science”
AN IDEOLOGY, coined by Destutt de Tracy (1796)
- offers a view, a universal aspect of knowledge, that serves as a corrective measure to our
spontaneous way of looking at things or the various aspects of life
AN ART,
- signifies a body of rules according to which man directs his actions in his performance of
a particular task
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A POETRY,
- refers to one’s pursuit of depicting reality with meaning exclusive to the author, who is
the poet himself

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY,
- the manner by which one writes the meaning of one’s own life

A CULTURE,
- a collective representation of people’s way of life or thinking
- pertains to the customs and tradition of the people
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A SCIENCE,
- science is the organization or systematized body of knowledge
- Philosophy is a science that investigates all things in their ultimate causes, reasons, and
principles based on human reason alone
FILIPINO PHILOSOPHERS?
• EMERITA QUITO
• ROMY ABULAD
• MANNY DY
• FLORENTINO TIMBREZA
• RAMON REYES
• ROQUE FERRIOLS
• ROLANDO GRIPALDO
• LEONARDO MERCADO
ASSIGNMENT (research): Among these philosophers, choose two then search about who and what are their
stands on philosophy.
Guidelines: Short bond paper (Times New Roman, 12) , indicate your reference (A.P.A Format)

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