DISTINGUISHING

HOLISTIC FROM A
PARTIAL POINT OF
VIEW
Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person
Objectives:

1.Distinguish a holistic perspective from a partial point

of view.
2.Recognize human activities that emanated from
deliberation reflection.
Activity 1- I Belong to you!
Directions: State the meaning of the underlined word in every group of
words. Let the words in the cluster represent as hints to the meaning of the
word.

1.Holistic, complete, whole, entire

2.Partial, half done, limited, restricted
3.Reflection, discernment, contemplation,
meditation
4.Reason, cause, grounds, basis
5.Perspective, point of view, standpoint, outlook
Activity 1- I Belong to you!
Directions: State the meaning of the underlined word in every group of
words. Let the words in the cluster represent as hints to the meaning of the
word.

6. Thinking, rationality, shrewdness, insight

7. Avenue, possibility, cradles, cot
8. Scenario, set up, circumstance, status
9. Evidence, substantiation, verification, authentication
10. Coherent, intelligent, comprehensible, lucid
Activity- 2 Poem Maker in Me!

Directions: Make a poem comprising two (2) stanza which

combines two or three newly learned words. Pick one (1)
from the following topics and make your own title.

a. Online Learning
b.Modular Approach
c. Division of Palwan into Three Provinces
Activity- 5: Memorializing Words!
Directions: What can you say about the quotation below? Do
you agree or disagree with this? Justify your answer.

”Educating the mind without

educating the heart is no education at
all”
--Aristotle--
Holistic Thinking Partial
Thinking
Looks at the Looks at the
aspects of the only limited
given problem or
situation. All
number of
aspects are give aspects of the
importance when given problem
making conclusions or situation.
Holistic Thinking Partial
Thinking
Refers to a Focuses on
perspective specific
that considers
large scale aspects of
patterns in a situation.
system.
Holistic Thinking Partial
Thinking
All aspects are Conclusions are
tied in together made based on
to form a considering
some, but not all
general
sides of the
overview of the problem or
problem. situations.
Holistic Thinking Partial
Thinking
Example: Example:
A teacher listens A teacher scolds student
A after student B accused
first to both stories
him of stealing her pencil
of her two arguing case. However, the
students before teacher only listened to
making any the story of student B,
conclusion about the and not to student A,
issue. before deciding to scold
the student.
Holistic Thinking Partial
Thinking
Example: Example:
Doctor Vie a Doctors often
patient’s illness as focus on a
an aspect of his or specific set of
her lifestyle and symptoms to
personal determine the
circumstances. cause of
patient’s illness.
Looking at the Partial points of
characteristics of view only
holistic and partial
points of view, it can promote limited
be concluded that knowledge on
using a holistic the situation.
perspective is more This leads to
desirable in doing
philosophy than
wrong
using a partial conclusions.
perspective.
Question!

A holistic view helps us understand a

situation from different vantage points
so we can see it more partially.
TRUE
 FALSE
Activity- 3 The Judgmental in Me!
Directions: Put a check (√) if the statement deals to Holistic point of
view and put (x) if the statement refers to Partial point of view.

_____1. The teacher scolded her student for being late to class.
_____2. The Judge made a decision of guilty beyond reasonable
doubt based on the evidences presented in court.
_____3. Brando’s motorcycle was impounded by the enforcer
without informing him of his violations.
_____4. Amador and his wife planned their activities on their
new open restaurant.
_____5. Liezel found a wallet and return it to the owner.
Activity- 3 The Judgmental in Me!
Directions: Put a check (√) if the statement deals to Holistic point
of view and put (x) if the statement refers to Partial point of view.

_____6. Catherine’s relatives told her that she should not marry
her boyfriend and she did.
_____7. Anthony did buy the laptop even if it is the cellular
phone which he needed the most.
_____8. Due to his anger, he shouted at the customer.
_____9. Alma focused on her studies to get a degree than to
commit to her boyfriend’s marriage proposal.
____10. Alex made use of his time to plant vegetables than to
play mobile legends all day.
What philosophy is?

◦The word philosophy comes from two Greek words,

that is PHILO (to love) and SOPHIA (wisdom) .
Philosophy in its strictest sense is a love of wisdom.
Wisdom is the goal of philosophizing in general.
Philosophy can be defined as a critical examination of
belief based on the light of human reason.
1. First Causes or the Highest
Principle. Literally speaking, we live in
a world that is characterized by cause
and effect relationships. Everything in
this world has starting phase that is
why there is an existence of first
causes.
 a. Principle of Identity
This principles states that whatever is, is:
and whenever is not is not. This means that
everything is exists and everything is what it is.
Everything in this world has its own way of
being, and not being is not being. For
everything that exists. There has to be a name,
a concept, and characteristics. Say for instance,
a horse is, that is, a horse exists.
 b. Principle of Non-
Contradiction
This principles states that it is impossible for a thing
to be and not to be at the same time and at the same
respect. For instance, it is impossible to look at the
colors green and yellow at the same time and at the
same respect. The same respect here means the same
dimension or angel with precision and clarity. This
means that you are just looking at green at that time
and at the same dimension. It is then impossible that
you are looking at the different colors simultaneously.
c. Principle of Excluded
Middle
This principles states that a thing
is either is or not; everything must
be either be or not be’ between
being and not being, there is no
middle ground possible.
 d. Principle of Sufficient
Reason
This principle states that
nothing exist without a sufficient
reason for its being and
existence.
The Branches of Philosophy
 Ethics
Metaphysics
Aesthetics
Logic
Epistemology
 A. Ethics
- is the branch of philosophy that explores
the nature of moral virtue and evaluates the
morality and virtue of human actions. Ethicists
are the ones who study morality from the
perspective which appeal to logical arguments
to justify claims and positions involving
morality. They use ethical theory in the
analysis and deliberation of issues.
A. Ethics

- how do we differentiate good from

evil or right from wrong? What is the art of
living morally? These basic questions were
asked by the ancient Greek philosophers
such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
B. Metaphysics

- In our daily desires to appreciate the

world in terms of appearance and reality, we
make effort to understand things
comprehensible and sensible in the ordinary
way of understanding to world by simplifying or
reducing the mass of things we call appearance
to a relatively fewer number of things we call
reality.
 B. Metaphysics

- Metaphysics is an extension of the

fundamental and necessary drive in every
human being to know what is real. What is
reality, why does reality exist, and how
does it exist are just some of the
questions pursued by metaphysics.
 C. Aesthetics
- Aesthetics is the science of the beautiful
in its various manifestations including the
sublime, comic, tragic, pathetic and ugly. To
experience aesthetics, therefore, means
whatever experience has relevance to art,
whether the experience be that of the
creative artist or of appearance.
 Importance of Aesthetics (Ramos,
2019)
1.It bring us in touch with our culture
- things about us change so rapidly nowadays that we forget
how much we owe to the past.
2. It helps us live more deeply and richly
- A work of art – whether a book, a piece of music, painting, or a
television show- helps us rise from purely physical existence into the
realm if intellect and the spirit.
3. It vitalizes our knowledge
- It makes our knowledge of the world alive and useful. We go
through our days picking up a principle as fact, here and there, and
too infrequently see how they are related.
 D. Logic
- The term “Logic” comes from the Greek
word logike and was coined by Zeno the Stoic (c.
340-265 BC). Etymologically, it means a treatise
on matters pertaining to the human thought.
Furthermore, logic is the study of reasoning in
science and medicine, in ethics and law, in
politics and commerce, in sports and games,
and in the mundane affairs of everyday living.
 E. Epistemology
- Epistemology deals with the nature, sources,
limitations, and validity of knowledge (soccio,
2007). Epistemology questions are basic to all other
philosophical inquiries. Epistemology explain:
1. How do we know what are know
2. how can we find out what we wish to know, and
3.How can we differentiate truth from falsehood.
 E. Epistemology

- Human knowledge may be regarded

as having two parts that is empiricism
and rationalism. Empiricism is the view
that knowledge can be attained only
through sense experience.
 E. Epistemology

- On the contrary, rationalist view

emphasize that real knowledge comes from
logic, laws, and methods that reason
develops. The best examples of real
knowledge is mathematics, a realm of
knowledge that is obtained entirely by
reason that we use to understand the
universe (Soccio, 2007)
Activity- 4 Watch and Learn (Individual Work)
Directions: As you read the lesson about holistic and partial point of
view and learning from it. Write your answer on a whole piece of
paper.

1. On your answer sheet, make at least top three (3) social problems from your
surroundings ( Family, Experiences, School or Community ) that destroy
relationships.
Top 1:_______________________
Top 2:_______________________
Top 3:_______________________
2. Among the problems you identified, pick only one which bothers you the most?
Justify your answer.
3. Among the problems you identifies, pick only one which excites you the most?
Justify your answer.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

1.Etymologically, the word “Philosophy”

comes from the two Greek words, Philo,
meaning “wisdom”, and Sophia,
meaning “ to love.”
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

2. A philosopher does not limit

himself to a particular object of
inquiry refers to philosophy as
holistic or multidimensional.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

3. Suspending one’s judgment and

conclusion about a matter and
mentally the pros and cons, the
characteristics, and the purpose of an
idea or situation points to emptying.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

4. Epistemology is a branch of
philosophy that explores the nature
of moral virtue and evaluates the
morality and virtue of human
actions.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

5. Logic is a branch of
philosophy that deals
with critical thinking.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

6. A Principle of non-contradiction
is a principle which states that
whatever is, is; and whatever is not is
not. This means that everything is
exist and everything is what it is.
 Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

7. A Principle of non-contradiction is a
principle which states that it is impossible for a
thing to be and not to be at the same time and
at the same respect. For instance, it is
impossible to look at the colors green and
yellow at the same time and at the same
respect.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

8. A Principle of Identity is a principle

which states that a thing is either is or is
not; everything must be either be or not
be; between being and not being. There
is no middle ground possible.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

9. A Principle of Sufficient
Reason is a principle which
states that nothing exist without a
sufficient reason for its being and
existence.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

10. The reason is that philosophy is not

holistic. Rather, philosophy is
multidimensional. In short, a philosopher
does not limit himself to a particular
object of injury. He questions almost
anything, if not, everything.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

11. Metaphysics is a branch of

philosophy which studies reality. It is
the only extension of the fundamental
and necessary drive in every human
being to know what is real.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

12. Epistemology refers to the

science of the beautiful in its
various manifestations including
the sublime, comic, tragic,
pathetic and ugly.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

13. Epistemology is a branch of

philosophy deals with the nature,
sources, limitations, and validity
of knowledge (Soccio, 2007).
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

14. Etymologically, philo

means “hope”.
Assessment: TRUE or FALSE!

15. Ethicist is a person who studies

morality from the perspective of
philosophy which appeals to logical
arguments to justify claims and
positions involving morality.
Thank you!