John Paul Acilo

CS 1202
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Hum 102

1. What is the Theory of Reality?

Reality can be defined in a way that links it to world views or parts of them
(conceptual frameworks): Reality is the totality of all things, structures (actual
and conceptual), events (past and present) and phenomena, whether
observable or not. It is what a world view (whether it be based on individual
or shared human experience) ultimately attempts to describe or map.

Certain ideas from physics, philosophy, sociology, literary criticism, and other
fields shape various theories of reality. One such belief is that there simply
and literally is no reality beyond the perceptions or beliefs we each have
about reality. Such attitudes are summarized in the popular statement,
"Perception is reality" or "Life is how you perceive reality" or "reality is what
you can get away with" (Robert Anton Wilson), and they indicate antirealism that is, the view that there is no objective reality, whether
acknowledged explicitly or not.

2. What is Being?

Being is an extremely broad concept

encompassing objective and subjective features of reality and existence.
Anything that partakes in being is also called a "being", though often this use
is limited to entities that have subjectivity (as in the expression "human
being"). So broad a notion has inevitably been elusive and controversial in
the history of philosophy, beginning in western philosophy with attempts
among the pre-Socratics to deploy it intelligibly.

3. What are the characteristics and kinds of being?

Actual - existing in reality and not potential, possible, simulated, or false

Whatever exists now is an actual being.

Potential - capable of being but not yet in existence; latent or undeveloped

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4. What is inquiry, insight and philosophizing?

Inquiry is to gain insight into questions about knowledge, truth, reason,

reality, meaning, mind and value. Other human endeavors, not least art and
literature, explore aspects of these same questions, but it is philosophy that
mounts a direct assault on them, in the hope of clarifying them and, where
possible, answering them.

Insight is the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding

of a person or thing. Insight is the understanding of a specific cause and
effect in a specific context.

Philosophizing is the practice of talking or thinking about important subjects

imprecisely or
boringly, sometimes instead of doing
something practical and the practice of explaining
philosophically

5. What is yoga as spiritual meditation? Explain.

Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline which

originated in India. There is a broad variety of schools, practices and
goals[2] in Hinduism, Buddhism (particularly Vajrayana Buddhism) and Jainism.
The best-known are Hatha yoga and Raja.

The origins of yoga have been speculated to date back to preVedic Indian traditions, but most likely developed around the sixth and fifth
centuries BCE, in ancient India's ascetic and stamina movements

6. What is humanity according to Confucius?

Confucius said that humanity, or Ren, is a love of people stating if you

want to make a stand, help others make a stand. That is, the Confucian
theory of humanity exemplifies the golden rule. It is so central to Confucian
thought that it appears 58 times in the Analects. Similar to the Christian
process of seeking God, Confucius teaches seeking Ren to a point of
seemingly divine mastery until you are equal to, or better than, your teacher.
The Confucian concept of Ren encompasses both love and altruism.